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Vaginal Fluid Bacterial Infection Test

Minnesota 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$302$245 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$245 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $245 to $891Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $135 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $302

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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$616.60
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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$56.23

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$302

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.