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Chlamydia Culture Test

Pennsylvania 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 9 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$17.38$15.85 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$19.50 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $17 to $85Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $15 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $17

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
$16.60
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.70
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$28.18
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.88
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$74.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$46.77
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.11

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 32nd of 51

$19.50

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.