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Other Laboratory Test For Germs

Kansas 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$22.39$22.39 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$61.66 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $19 to $676Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $263
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $170professional $22

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$165.96

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 17th of 51

$148

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.