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Genetic Test For An Infectious Organism

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$41.69$36.31 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$38.90 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $39 to $162Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $30 to $85
$20$50$100$200facility $42professional $42

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
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$97.72
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.00

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 29th 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.