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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Virginia 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 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 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$4.07$3.89 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$7.41 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $5 to $74Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $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
$6.61
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$8.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.95
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.37

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 23rd of 51

$6.92

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.