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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 87147

After an organism has already been grown from a patient's sample in the laboratory, this step uses an antibody-based reaction to further identify or classify exactly which organism it is. This is a laboratory identification step rather than a test that detects an infection directly from the original patient sample.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism cost?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.68$3.39 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$20.89 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $8 to $69Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $34
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $26professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$9.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.72
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$10.47

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$21.38

WV $54.95DC $4.27

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.