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Rapid Infection Test, Organism Not Listed

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 87899

A rapid laboratory test that looks for material from an infecting organism in a sample and is read by direct observation. It is used when the organism being sought has no standard named test of its own, so the laboratory reports it under a general heading.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Infection Test, Organism Not Listed cost?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$17.78$12.59 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$19.50 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $16 to $59Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $18

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
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$17.38

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in West Virginia 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· 26th of 51

$19.50

WV $129DE $13.49

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.