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Molecular Test for Bacterial Vaginosis

Kansas 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$85.11 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$170 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $170 to $269Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $85 to $288
$100$200$500facility $251professional $151

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
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$239.88
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
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 8th of 51

$178

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.