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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

North Dakota 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $3.09 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$6.61$5.01 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.09$3.02 to $4.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $3professional $7

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
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.92

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$6.46

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.