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Chlamydia Molecular Test

Arizona rates for HCPCS 87491

This laboratory test detects the genetic material of the bacteria that causes chlamydia, a common sexually transmitted infection, using a highly sensitive DNA-based method. It can be performed on a urine sample or a swab, depending on how it is collected.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chlamydia Molecular Test cost?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$23.44$20.42 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$37.15 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $23 to $135Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $15 to $288
$20$50$100$200facility $74professional $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
$23.44
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$66.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$91.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.38
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
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.25

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Minnesota 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$33.11

MN $112MD $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.