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Other Laboratory Test For Germs

Ohio 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.05 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 7 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$1.05$1.05 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$45.71 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $26 to $631Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $76
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $162professional $1

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
$162.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$102.33
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 38th of 51

$53.70

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.