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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Vermont 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 5 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$4.68$4.57 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$22.39 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $5 to $257Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $41professional $5

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.91
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$14.13

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 45th of 51

$4.68

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.