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Tuberculosis Bacteria Gene Detection Test

Florida rates for HCPCS 87556

This laboratory test uses a gene-based amplification technique to detect the bacteria that cause tuberculosis directly in a patient sample, such as sputum coughed up from the lungs. Amplifying the genetic material makes the test more sensitive than older methods, allowing detection even when only a small amount of bacteria is present. It helps confirm a tuberculosis infection more quickly than waiting for a culture to grow.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tuberculosis Bacteria Gene Detection Test cost?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$30.90$26.30 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$47.86 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $32 to $224Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $25 to $48
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $78professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$74.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$34.67
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$56.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$41.69

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Florida· 44th of 51

$34.67

AK $93.33DE $28.18

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.