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Chlamydia Pneumoniae DNA Test

Massachusetts 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$22.91$16.98 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$23.99 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $18 to $79Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $174
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $34professional $23

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
$19.05
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$89.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$64.57
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$77.62
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$64.57
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$64.57
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$40.74
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$36.31
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
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
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$17.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 10th of 51

$28.18

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.