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Genetic Test For An Infectious Organism

Idaho 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$42.66$35.48 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$63.10 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $42 to $214Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $25 to $81
$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $43

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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$81.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$194.98
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$91.20
1 more rate 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 12th of 51

$58.88

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.