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Vaginal Fluid Bacterial Infection Test

Kansas 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$282$158 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$309 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $309 to $490Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $158 to $550
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $282

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
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$446.68
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
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$56.23

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 8th of 51

$331

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.