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Vaginal Fluid Bacterial Infection Test

New Jersey 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $575 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 6 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$204$145 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$347 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,630Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $138 to $339
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $575professional $204

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
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$549.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 36th of 51

$224

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.