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Test For Trichomonas (A Sexually Transmitted Parasite)

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 87660

A sample is tested for genetic material from Trichomonas vaginalis, a sexually transmitted parasite, using a technique that directly detects the organism's genetic material in the sample. This helps identify or confirm a trichomoniasis infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Test For Trichomonas (A Sexually Transmitted Parasite) cost?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 7 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$23.44$16.22 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$19.05 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $16 to $95Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $15 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $44professional $23

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
$16.22
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$50.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$41.69
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Nebraska 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 Carolina· 26th of 51

$23.99

NE $47.86DC $15.49

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.