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Molecular Test for Bacterial Vaginosis

Iowa rates for HCPCS 81513

This laboratory test analyzes a vaginal sample using molecular technology to measure specific bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis, a common vaginal condition caused by an imbalance in normal bacteria. The results are combined into a score that helps a doctor determine whether bacterial vaginosis is the likely cause of a patient's symptoms.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Molecular Test for Bacterial Vaginosis cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $219 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$85.11 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$170 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $141 to $380Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $85 to $537
$100$200$500facility $219professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$295.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$155

AK $324AL $63.10

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.