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Staph Aureus Genetic Detection Test

Arizona rates for HCPCS 87640

This laboratory test detects genetic material from a common bacterium that can cause skin infections, pneumonia, and bloodstream infections, using a technique that amplifies tiny amounts of its genetic material to make it detectable. It is faster than growing the organism in a culture and is often used to quickly identify this particular bacterium in a sample. It does not, by itself, indicate whether the bacterium is resistant to common antibiotics.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Staph Aureus Genetic Detection Test cost?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$28.18$23.44 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$43.65 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $32 to $151Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $21 to $50
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $28

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
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$40.74

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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.

Arizona· 39th of 51

$33.11

AK $79.43VT $24.55

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.