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Vaginal Fluid Bacterial Infection Test

Illinois 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$214$3.47 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$316 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,622Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $3 to $339
$10$100$1Kfacility $407professional $214

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
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
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
$107.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 22nd of 51

$263

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.