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Other Laboratory Test For Germs

Georgia rates for HCPCS 87999

Covers a laboratory test that looks for bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites when the test performed has no standard named entry of its own. The laboratory works from a sample such as blood, urine, stool, a swab or a piece of tissue. The report sets out which method was used and what was found.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Other Laboratory Test For Germs cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 4 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$479$479 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$115 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $46 to $562Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $22 to $562
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $417professional $479

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
$114.82
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 1862.1 times more in New Mexico than in Indiana. 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.

Georgia· 8th of 51

$479

NM $1,950IN $1.05

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.