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Visual Identification Of A Parasite

Wyoming 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $5.62 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$6.03$5.37 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.62$5.25 to $6.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$2$5$10facility $6professional $6

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$6.03

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 9th of 51

$6.03

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.