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Fluorescent Antibody Test For An Organism

North Dakota 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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$18.20$11.22 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$8.32 to $11.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $8 to $27
$10$20$50facility $9professional $18

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
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.50

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$17.78

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.