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Vaginal Fluid Bacterial Infection Test

Idaho 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 October 2026.

How much does Vaginal Fluid Bacterial Infection Test cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$224 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$316 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $263 to $977Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $110 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $501professional $263

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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$416.87
1 more rate 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where Idaho sits

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

Idaho· 18th of 51

$275

AK $589DE $158

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.