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Chlamydia Pneumoniae DNA Test

Georgia rates for HCPCS 87485

A laboratory test that looks for the genetic material of Chlamydia pneumoniae, a bacterium that causes chest infections including pneumonia and bronchitis, in a sample from the airway. Detecting the organism's DNA identifies it far faster than growing it in culture. It is used when this organism is suspected as the cause of a respiratory infection.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chlamydia Pneumoniae DNA Test cost?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 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$19.05$10.00 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$19.95 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $15 to $69Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $7 to $44
$10$20$50facility $27professional $19

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
$13.18
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$79.43
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$72.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$50.12
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
$7.76
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.89

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Texas than in Alabama. 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· 33rd of 51

$19.95

TX $57.54AL $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.