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Gram Stain Microscopic Exam

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 87205

This laboratory test applies a special dye to a sample and examines it under a microscope to identify the general type of bacteria, fungi, or cells present. It gives quick, preliminary information about a possible infection, often before slower culture results are available.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gram Stain Microscopic Exam cost?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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$3.89$3.24 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$6.03 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $4 to $89Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $25professional $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
$3.47
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$6.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.63

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Maryland than in Wyoming. 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.

Oklahoma· 33rd of 51

$6.17

MD $50.12WY $4.27

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.