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Mycobacteria DNA Test

Tennessee 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$15.85$15.14 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$18.62 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $15 to $85Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $13 to $29
$5$10$20$50$100facility $31professional $16

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
$15.14
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$36.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.18

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 44th of 51

$16.98

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.