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Genetic Test For An Infectious Organism

Missouri 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$56.23$29.51 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$54.95 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $42 to $240Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $21 to $347
$20$50$100$200facility $81professional $56

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
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$56.23
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
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.55

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 6th of 51

$63.10

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.