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Genetic Test For An Infectious Organism

North Carolina 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$42.66$37.15 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$33.11 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $33 to $191Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $27 to $115
$20$50$100$200facility $89professional $43

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$50.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$58.88
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
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.94
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 27th of 51

$42.66

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.