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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

Washington, DC 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?

$3.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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$3.24$3.24 to $3.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$3.24 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $30Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $15
$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $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
$3.24
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$9.33

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$3.24

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.