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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Oregon 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 8 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$6.03$5.01 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$5.13 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $47Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $6

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
$7.41
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.77
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.47
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.47
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.46
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$15.14
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$7.24

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 29th of 51

$6.46

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.