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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Oklahoma 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.16$2.40 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$6.17 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $36Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$3.80
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$6.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.47

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 34th of 51

$4.90

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.