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Lyme Disease Genetic Detection Test

Georgia rates for HCPCS 87476

This laboratory test looks for genetic material from the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, using a technique that amplifies small amounts of genetic material so it can be detected. It is typically used alongside or after antibody-based blood testing when there's a need to directly detect the organism rather than the body's immune response to it. Results help support a Lyme disease diagnosis in the appropriate clinical setting.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lyme Disease Genetic Detection Test cost?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$24.55$17.38 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$34.67 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $27 to $120Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $71
$10$20$50$100facility $47professional $25

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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$138.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$75.86
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
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$28.84

AK $79.43MD $26.30

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.