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Tuberculosis Bacteria Gene Detection Test

Virginia 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 8 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 $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$41.69 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $42 to $200Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $17 to $60
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $66professional $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
$30.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$70.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$64.57
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$57.54
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
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.08

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$33.11

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.