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Mycobacteria DNA Test

Massachusetts 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 8 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$19.95$19.95 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$28.18 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $19 to $83Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $16 to $62
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $49professional $20

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
$19.05
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$89.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$69.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$52.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$69.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$66.07

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 27th of 51

$19.95

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.