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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

Arizona rates for HCPCS 87169

A specimen is examined directly by eye in the laboratory to identify a parasite that is large enough to see without magnification. The laboratory reports what the specimen turns out to be.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Visual Identification Of A Parasite cost?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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$3.47$2.88 to $3.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$4.68 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $28
$2$5$10$20$50facility $9professional $3

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
$5.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.89

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Arizona· 44th of 51

$3.63

OK $10.47DC $3.24

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.