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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

South Carolina 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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$7.24$5.13 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$13.18 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $49Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $7

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
$4.07
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.61
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.24
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.83

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 3rd of 51

$12.88

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.