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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 July 2026.

How much does Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$4.17$4.07 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$16.60 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $7 to $151Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $4

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
$9.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$10.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.24

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 51

$15.85

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.