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Rapid Infection Test, Organism Not Listed

Tennessee 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$12.59$12.02 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$15.14 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $13 to $93Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $19
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $42professional $13

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
$12.59
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.91
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 50th of 51

$14.45

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.