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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

Rhode Island 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 4 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$4.47$3.24 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$5.50 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $28Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$5$10$20facility $13professional $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
$6.92
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.77

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$4.68

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.