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Genetic Detection Of An Unusual Infection

Kansas 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$27.54$22.39 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$36.31 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $30 to $69Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $18 to $37
$10$20$50$100$200facility $55professional $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
$28.84
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$44.67

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 12th of 51

$36.31

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.