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Genetic Detection Of An Unusual Infection

Michigan 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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$24.55$22.39 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$28.84 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $27 to $52Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $35
$20$50facility $29professional $25

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
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$66.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$40.74
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.18

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 29th of 51

$28.84

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.