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Lyme Disease Genetic Detection Test

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Lyme Disease Genetic Detection Test cost?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$41.69$37.15 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$42.66 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $37 to $129Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $21 to $117
$20$50$100$200facility $48professional $42

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
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$58.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$69.18

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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· 12th of 51

$45.71

AK $79.43DC $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.