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Microscopic Stained Smear For Parasites

New Jersey 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 7 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$16.22$13.80 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$23.99 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $18 to $195Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $13 to $21
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $41professional $16

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
$17.78
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.59
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$50.12
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.80
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$25.12

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 21st of 51

$20.89

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.