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Chlamydia Culture Test

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 5 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$15.85$15.14 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$27.54 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $15 to $195Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $15 to $27
$10$20$50$100$200facility $63professional $16

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
$15.14
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$27.54

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 33rd 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.