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MRSA Detection By Genetic Testing

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 87641

A laboratory test that looks directly for the genetic material of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a type of staph bacteria that resists many common antibiotics, using a technique that amplifies tiny amounts of its genetic material to detect it quickly. It is typically run on a swab from the nose, skin, or a wound. This method gives faster, more sensitive results than waiting for bacteria to grow in a traditional culture.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does MRSA Detection By Genetic Testing cost?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$40.74 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$69.18 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $25 to $209Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $33 to $158
$50$100$200facility $151professional $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
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$218.78
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
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. 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· 9th of 51

$60.26

WV $105DC $26.30

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.