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Other Laboratory Test For Germs

Virginia 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 6 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$2,089$977 to $10,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$105 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $68 to $4,169Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $22 to $10,965
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $132professional $2,089

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
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.03

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 18th of 51

$141

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.