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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

West Virginia 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?

$3.55

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$3.47$3.24 to $3.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$5.37 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $4 to $39Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4
$2$5$10$20facility $39professional $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
$3.55
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.07
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$6.03

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 46th of 51

$3.55

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.