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Urinary And Genital Infection Test With Resistance Genes

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0321U

Identifies which organism is causing a urinary or genital tract infection and whether it carries genes that make it resistant to antibiotics. PCR — a method that copies and detects genetic material — is used to look for twenty organisms, and the same run also detects sixteen antibiotic-resistance genes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Urinary And Genital Infection Test With Resistance Genes cost?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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 5 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$490$490 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$490 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,020Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $380 to $550
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,549professional $490

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
$489.78
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$513

AK $1,413KY $380

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.