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Mycobacteria DNA Test

Louisiana 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 5 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$23.99$21.38 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$23.99 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $21 to $72Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $12 to $72
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $24

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
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$39.81

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$26.30

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.