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Genetic Detection Of An Unusual Infection

Louisiana 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$33.88$27.54 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$34.67 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $30 to $107Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $16 to $68
$10$20$50$100$200facility $41professional $34

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
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$34.67
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$38.02

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 7th of 51

$38.02

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.