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Legionella Fluorescent Antigen Test

Missouri 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$9.33 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$18.20 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $15 to $89Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $27professional $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
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.89
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
$6.61
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.63

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th of 51

$17.38

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.