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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

North Carolina 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 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$3.47$3.47 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$3.80 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $155Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $6professional $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
$3.47
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$6.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.03
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 43rd of 51

$3.80

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.