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Lyme Disease Genetic Detection Test

South Carolina 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $138 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$34.67$27.54 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$95.50 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $72 to $257Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $21 to $54
$20$50$100$200facility $138professional $35

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
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$41.69
3 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
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$37.15

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 23rd of 51

$37.15

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.