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Mycobacteria DNA Test

Wyoming 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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$30.90$25.12 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$24.55 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $42Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $20 to $65
$10$20$50facility $35professional $31

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.18

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 7th of 51

$30.90

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.