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Molecular Test For An Infectious Agent

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 87487

A test that searches a sample taken from the patient for the genetic material of a particular organism, rather than relying on it growing in a culture. It is used to confirm whether that organism is behind an infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Molecular Test For An Infectious Agent cost?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$35.48$33.11 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$66.07 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $49 to $589Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $29 to $83
$100$1K$10Kfacility $95professional $35

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
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$102.33
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$61.66

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 17th of 51

$48.98

AK $95.50DC $32.36

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.