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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

Oklahoma 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$3.16$2.34 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$4.27 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $3 to $36Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$3.16
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$6.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.63

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 1st of 51

$10.47

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.