go back

Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

New Hampshire 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?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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 5 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$5.50$3.39 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$7.24 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $50Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $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
$5.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$15.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$15.14

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 19th of 51

$7.76

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.