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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

Florida 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?

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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$3.72$3.55 to $3.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$4.27 to $15.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$3.89
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.79
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.13
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.51
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$5.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$9.77
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.27

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 41st of 51

$3.89

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.