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Fluorescent Antibody Test For An Organism

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 87265

A test that looks directly for a specific germ in a sample from the patient by using antibodies tagged with a fluorescent dye. If the organism is present the dye makes it glow under a special microscope, giving a direct answer without growing a culture.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fluorescent Antibody Test For An Organism cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$12.88$9.55 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$12.02 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $21Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$10$20facility $19professional $13

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
$12.02
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$24.55

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 2.5 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.

Mississippi· 17th of 51

$13.80

HI $21.88DC $8.91

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.