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Chlamydia Culture Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87110

A laboratory test that grows a live culture from a swab or other specimen to check for chlamydia bacteria. It is one method used to detect a chlamydia infection, distinct from faster molecular tests.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chlamydia Culture Test cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 4 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$18.62$14.13 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$11.75 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $23
$10$20$50facility $18professional $19

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
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.50

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 37th of 51

$18.62

HI $35.48DC $14.79

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.