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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

Utah 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 6 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$4.07$3.31 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$5.25 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $5 to $36Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20facility $17professional $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
$5.25
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$8.32
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$19.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$6.03

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 28th of 51

$4.47

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.