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Direct Test For Pneumocystis Pneumonia

Arizona rates for HCPCS 87281

A laboratory test that looks directly for Pneumocystis, a fungus that causes serious pneumonia in people whose immune systems are weakened, in a sample of sputum or fluid washed from the lungs. Antibodies tagged with a fluorescent dye attach to the organism, making it visible under a special microscope. It gives a rapid answer because this organism cannot be grown in ordinary culture.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Direct Test For Pneumocystis Pneumonia cost?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$7.24$6.31 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$11.48 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $8 to $55Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$10$20$50facility $24professional $7

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
$9.33
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.49
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
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$10.00

KS $38.02NJ $8.51

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.