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Gonorrhea DNA Test, Direct Probe

Iowa rates for HCPCS 87590

A laboratory test that directly detects genetic material from the bacteria that causes gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection, without first copying or amplifying the sample's genetic material. It helps confirm the presence of the infection from a patient sample.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Gonorrhea DNA Test, Direct Probe cost?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$30.90$18.20 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$30.90 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $27 to $72Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $16 to $85
$20$50$100$200facility $40professional $31

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
$20.89
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$263.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$56.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
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
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.46

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$32.36

AK $60.26AL $11.75

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.