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Genetic Detection Of An Unusual Infection

Nebraska 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$19.95$19.95 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$52.48 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $20 to $240Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $18 to $200
$10$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $20

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
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$165.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$81.28

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$44.67

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.