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Staph Aureus Genetic Detection Test

Idaho 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 8 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$40.74$33.88 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$50.12 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $35 to $204Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $25 to $69
$20$50$100$200$500facility $81professional $41

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
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$64.57
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$89.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$57.54

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 15th of 51

$41.69

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.