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Genetic Test For An Infectious Organism

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$48.98$34.67 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$45.71 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $38 to $155Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $25 to $363
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $71professional $49

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
$39.81
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$186.21
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$134.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$162.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$131.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$134.90
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$85.11
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$52.48
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
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$37.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 10th 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.