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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

Montana 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $6.46 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 6 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$5.75$5.01 to $6.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.46$5.37 to $13.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $25Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $28
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $6professional $6

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$24.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$6.03

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 11th of 51

$5.75

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.