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Mycobacteria DNA Test

Nebraska 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 6 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$13.18$13.18 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$28.84 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $13 to $240Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $12 to $132
$10$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $13

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
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$165.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$57.54

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$31.62

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.