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Specialized Sperm Function Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 89329

A specialized laboratory test that goes beyond a routine semen analysis to check how well sperm can move through and penetrate a barrier, rather than just counting them and watching how they swim. It is used in a male fertility work-up when standard testing has not explained why conception is not happening.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Specialized Sperm Function Test cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.22$9.77 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$13.80 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $14 to $17Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $16

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.98
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Alabama· 50th of 51

$14.13

AK $43.65NE $13.80

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.