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Other Laboratory Test For Germs

Pennsylvania 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64,565 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$64,565$44.67 to $64,565
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$70.79 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $28 to $245Professionalmedian $64,565 · 10th to 90th $22 to $64,565
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $93professional $64,565

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
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$64,565.42
Typical High
$64,565.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$79.43
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 23rd of 51

$93.33

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.