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Molecular Test for Bacterial Vaginosis

Minnesota 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$126 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$145 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $135 to $676Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $85 to $275
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $182professional $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
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$331.13
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 10th of 51

$162

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.