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Multi-Organism Genetic Detection Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 87800

A laboratory test on a single sample that searches for the genetic material of several different infecting organisms at once, reporting which of them are present. Testing for a group together avoids running separate tests one at a time when several causes are possible.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Multi-Organism Genetic Detection Test cost?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$52.48$46.77 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$52.48 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $46 to $162Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $26 to $105
$20$50$100$200facility $60professional $52

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
$46.77
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$77.62

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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· 6th of 51

$56.23

AK $97.72DC $33.11

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.