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Genetic Test For An Infectious Organism

Maryland 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $26.92 to $34.67.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $19 to $45
$20$50$100professional $32

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$120.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
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
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.76

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$31.62

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.