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Genetic Test For An Infectious Organism

Georgia rates for HCPCS 87542

A laboratory test that looks in a patient sample for the genetic material of a specific germ. Detecting that material shows the organism is present, and results generally come back faster than growing the organism in a culture would allow.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Genetic Test For An Infectious Organism cost?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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$38.90$20.42 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$41.69 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $32 to $145Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $15 to $91
$20$50$100facility $56professional $39

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
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$165.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$154.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$104.71
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
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.94

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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

$41.69

AK $93.33DE $28.18

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.