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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 July 2026.

How much does Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism cost?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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 6 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$4.68$3.89 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$6.31 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $4 to $69Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$3.89
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.47

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 33rd of 51

$6.17

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.