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Legionella Fluorescent Antigen Test

Kansas rates for HCPCS 87278

A laboratory test that looks for Legionella pneumophila, the bacterium behind Legionnaires' disease, in a sample taken from the lungs or airway. The sample is treated with antibodies carrying a fluorescent tag and examined under a special microscope, so the bacteria glow if they are present. It is used when a severe pneumonia may be caused by this organism.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Legionella Fluorescent Antigen Test cost?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.49$9.33 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$38.90 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $20 to $60Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28
$10$20$50facility $41professional $15

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
$15.49
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$29.51
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.31

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Kansas than in Nebraska. 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$38.02

KS $38.02NE $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.