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Microscopic Stained Smear For Parasites

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 87209

This laboratory test examines a sample, such as stool, under a microscope after applying a special stain designed to make parasites and their eggs easier to see. A trained laboratory professional interprets the slide and reports what organisms, if any, are present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Microscopic Stained Smear For Parasites cost?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 8 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$14.79$11.75 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$40.74 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $25 to $219Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $117
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $83professional $15

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
$34.67
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$117.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$33.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$37.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$36.31

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in West Virginia 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$53.70

WV $61.66DC $13.49

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.