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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

New Jersey 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$3.63$3.47 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$5.13 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $759Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $15professional $4

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
$3.98
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,412.54
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$5.89
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.37

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 44th of 51

$4.27

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.