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Procedure price report · Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology)

Identifying a cultured organism by genetic sequencing

CPT 87153the billing code this page is about

Typing of an organism already grown in culture by reading its genetic sequence; billed once for each isolate tested.

Hospitals typically charge $230 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,915 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $257. Most fall between $119 and $473 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,915
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,915 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$85$133$230$419$623

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($85 vs $623).

How the prices are spread

$64 – $84: 92 hospitals$64$84 – $109: 112 hospitals$109 – $143: 259 hospitals$109$143 – $187: 210 hospitals$187 – $244: 239 hospitals$187$244 – $319: 187 hospitals$319 – $416: 237 hospitals$319$416 – $544: 203 hospitals$544 – $711: 137 hospitals$544$711 – $929: 49 hospitals$711median $230price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,725 of 1,915 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$64$8492
$84$109112
$109$143259
$143$187210
$187$244239
$244$319187
$319$416237
$416$544203
$544$711137
$711$92949

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $230.

Alaska: median $254 across 10 hospitalsAK$254Maine: median $64 across 11 hospitalsME$64Vermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $104 across 17 hospitalsNH$104Washington: median $259 across 45 hospitalsWA$259Idaho: median $225 across 13 hospitalsID$225Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $387 across 15 hospitalsND$387Minnesota: median $136 across 64 hospitalsMN$136Illinois: median $309 across 80 hospitalsIL$309Wisconsin: median $380 across 86 hospitalsWI$380Michigan: median $159 across 32 hospitalsMI$159New York: median $219 across 69 hospitalsNY$219Massachusetts: median $358 across 32 hospitalsMA$358Oregon: median $151 across 20 hospitalsOR$151Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $139 across 35 hospitalsIA$139Indiana: median $206 across 46 hospitalsIN$206Ohio: median $220 across 90 hospitalsOH$220Pennsylvania: median $480 across 94 hospitalsPA$480New Jersey: median $127 across 44 hospitalsNJ$127Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $276 across 54 hospitalsCA$276Utah: median $173 across 36 hospitalsUT$173Colorado: median $211 across 50 hospitalsCO$211Nebraska: median $232 across 47 hospitalsNE$232Missouri: median $199 across 35 hospitalsMO$199Kentucky: median $272 across 30 hospitalsKY$272West Virginia: median $148 across 17 hospitalsWV$148Virginia: median $351 across 67 hospitalsVA$351Maryland: median $125 across 33 hospitalsMD$125Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $352 across 27 hospitalsAZ$352New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $384 across 29 hospitalsKS$384Arkansas: median $164 across 17 hospitalsAR$164Tennessee: median $202 across 53 hospitalsTN$202North Carolina: median $134 across 65 hospitalsNC$134South Carolina: median $401 across 32 hospitalsSC$401Oklahoma: median $213 across 33 hospitalsOK$213Louisiana: median $147 across 35 hospitalsLA$147Mississippi: median $89 across 26 hospitalsMS$89Alabama: median $191 across 13 hospitalsAL$191Georgia: median $288 across 68 hospitalsGA$288Hawaii: median $581 across 17 hospitalsHI$581Texas: median $230 across 156 hospitalsTX$230Florida: median $176 across 113 hospitalsFL$176
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $230. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Hawaii HI17$581+153%$218 – $1,532
Pennsylvania PA94$480+109%$133 – $1,106
South Carolina SC32$401+74%$237 – $489
North Dakota ND15$387+68%$149 – $676
Kansas KS29$384+67%$128 – $696
Wisconsin WI86$380+65%$328 – $509
Massachusetts MA32$358+56%$298 – $559
Arizona AZ27$352+53%$133 – $622
Virginia VA67$351+53%$198 – $596
Illinois IL80$309+34%$159 – $461
Georgia GA68$288+25%$154 – $379
California CA54$276+20%$77 – $599
Kentucky KY30$272+18%$109 – $438
Washington WA45$259+12%$225 – $472
Alaska AK10$254+11%$198 – $515
Nebraska NE47$232+1%$104 – $515
Texas TX156$2300%$120 – $473
Idaho ID13$225−2%$172 – $318
Ohio OH90$220−4%$151 – $429
New York NY69$219−5%$115 – $514
Oklahoma OK33$213−7%$202 – $381
Colorado CO50$211−8%$124 – $294
Indiana IN46$206−10%$162 – $356
Tennessee TN53$202−12%$84 – $269
Missouri MO35$199−13%$116 – $348
Alabama AL13$191−17%$92 – $554
Florida FL113$176−24%$83 – $318
Utah UT36$173−25%$172 – $202
Arkansas AR17$164−29%$67 – $366
Michigan MI32$159−31%$104 – $271
Oregon OR20$151−34%$136 – $271
West Virginia WV17$148−36%$38 – $385
Louisiana LA35$147−36%$50 – $266
Iowa IA35$139−40%$133 – $371
Minnesota MN64$136−41%$94 – $459
North Carolina NC65$134−42%$69 – $272
New Jersey NJ44$127−45%$115 – $417
Maryland MD33$125−45%$73 – $205
New Hampshire NH17$104−55%$87 – $468
Mississippi MS26$89−61%$71 – $158
Maine ME11$64−72%$48 – $137
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $230.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,507$220$117 – $473
Children’s31$222$164 – $456
Critical access369$246$128 – $495
Ownership
For-profit250$269$124 – $578
Government280$183$94 – $379
Non-profit1,377$234$123 – $473
System affiliation
Part of a system1,658$234$119 – $473
Independent257$212$119 – $427

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$385
Median cash price$230
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,340 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $246 and the average of the middle 60% is $267; most fall between $123 and $473.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,340 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$95$138$246$430$622

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($95 vs $622).

Of the 1,491 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,340 gave a usable cash price; 89 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 62 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,915 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (48%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,086 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,915
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here112
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded57
Hospitals that filed this code2,086

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Anaerobe ID Sequencing, Isan.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Identifying a cultured organism by genetic sequencing (CPT 87153) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-87153-identifying-a-cultured-organism-by-genetic-sequencing