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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

Colorado 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.31 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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 7 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$3.31$3.31 to $4.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$5.75 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $3 to $22Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $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
$2.69
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.27

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 31st of 51

$4.27

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.