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Gonorrhea DNA Test, Direct Probe

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Gonorrhea DNA Test, Direct Probe cost?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 5 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$31.62$25.70 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$32.36 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $27 to $98Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $15 to $81
$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $32

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
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$38.02

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Louisiana· 9th of 51

$33.88

AK $60.26MD $19.95

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.