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Tuberculosis Bacteria Gene Detection Test

Missouri 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$52.48$27.54 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$52.48 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $42 to $200Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $20 to $324
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $52

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
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$56.23
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
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.55

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 8th of 51

$56.23

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.