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Genetic Detection Of An Unusual Infection

Georgia rates for HCPCS 87797

A laboratory test that searches a patient sample for the genetic material of an infecting organism that has no standard named test of its own. A probe binds directly to the organism's genetic material, without a copying step first to boost the amount present. Each organism looked for is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Detection Of An Unusual Infection cost?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 6 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$27.54$18.20 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$25.12 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $22 to $55Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $54
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $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
$21.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$66.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$38.90

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$28.18

AK $67.61DE $21.88

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.