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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

Iowa 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $8.13 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$5.01$3.31 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.13$4.27 to $12.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $28
$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $5

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
$3.31
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$10.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$6.17

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.