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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

West 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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$4.17$3.89 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$40.74 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $13 to $79Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $59professional $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
$12.59
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$39.81
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.24

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 1st of 51

$54.95

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.