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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

South Carolina 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?

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$3.39$3.39 to $3.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$7.94 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $3 to $182Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $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
$3.39
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$8.51

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$3.89

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.