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Mycobacteria DNA Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87550

A laboratory test that looks for mycobacterial genetic material in a sample such as sputum, fluid, or tissue. Mycobacteria are a group of slow-growing bacteria that includes the organism causing tuberculosis along with others that infect the lungs, lymph nodes, and skin. Detecting their DNA gives an answer in a fraction of the time culture takes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Mycobacteria DNA Test cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.49$12.02 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$11.75 to $22.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10$20$50facility $18professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.18

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$15.85

AK $44.67MD $15.14

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.