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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Nevada 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 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$3.80$2.57 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$5.13 to $7.24

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$10$100$1Kfacility $6professional $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
$4.07
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.24
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$8.51
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.24

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 30th of 51

$5.13

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.