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Chlamydia Culture Test

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

How much does Chlamydia Culture Test cost?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$19.50$16.60 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$18.62 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $19 to $93Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $38
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $19

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
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$144.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$45.71
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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.68

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Kansas than in Alabama. 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· 28th of 51

$19.50

KS $47.86AL $10.47

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.