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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Tennessee 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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$4.07$3.09 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$6.46 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $10professional $4

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
$3.89
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.46

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 40th of 51

$4.47

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.