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Staph Aureus Genetic Detection Test

North Dakota 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$52.48$39.81 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$24.55 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $25 to $63Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $25 to $79
$20$50$100facility $27professional $52

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
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 4th of 51

$50.12

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.