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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

New Jersey 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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$3.63$3.31 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$6.46 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $59Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $10professional $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
$5.50
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$11.75
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$4.79
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$6.17

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 17th of 51

$5.13

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.