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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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 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$4.27$2.82 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$8.13 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $18
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $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
$6.03
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$12.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$12.59

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 7th 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.