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Other Laboratory Test For Germs

Texas 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 8 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$30.20$30.20 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$35.48 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $5 to $2,692Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $5 to $60,256
$10$100$1K$10K$100K$1Mfacility $105professional $30

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
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$104.71
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$60,255.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$128.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398,832.92
Median
$2,398,832.92
Typical High
$2,398,832.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 22nd of 51

$102

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.