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Vaginal Fluid Bacterial Infection Test

Arizona rates for HCPCS 81514

This laboratory analysis examines a vaginal fluid sample for specific bacteria-related markers and combines the results into a single score. That score helps determine whether an active vaginal bacterial infection is present at the time of testing. It gives clinicians information to help confirm a diagnosis and guide treatment decisions.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vaginal Fluid Bacterial Infection Test cost?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$195$174 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$263 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,047Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $138 to $302
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $195

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
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$263.03

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$214

AK $589VT $186

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.