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Legionella Fluorescent Antigen Test

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Legionella Fluorescent Antigen Test cost?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$17.38$14.79 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$17.78 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $56Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $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
$20.89
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in North Dakota than in Florida. 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$19.05

ND $26.30FL $11.22

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.