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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 October 2026.

How much does Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism cost?

$6.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.09 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.09$3.09 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$10.47 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $6 to $78Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$8.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.63
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$20.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$9.55
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$10.47

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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· 13th of 51

$6.31

VT $36.31MD $3.89

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.