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Gonorrhea DNA Test, Direct Probe

Massachusetts 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.18$16.98 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$28.18 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $20 to $85Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $16 to $263
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $40professional $28

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
$19.05
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$89.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$83.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$104.71
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$70.79
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$83.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$51.29
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
3 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
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$17.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$29.51

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.