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Tuberculosis Bacteria Gene Detection Test

Georgia 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 October 2026.

How much does Tuberculosis Bacteria Gene Detection Test cost?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.84$17.38 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$38.90 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $28 to $145Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $13 to $81
$10$20$50$100facility $54professional $29

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$70.79
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$162.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$89.13
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.94

Where Georgia sits

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

Georgia· 47th of 51

$31.62

AK $93.33FL $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.