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Specialized Sperm Function Test

Kentucky 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$17.38 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$15.85 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $29Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $30
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $18professional $18

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$27.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$38.02
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
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.89

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 37th of 51

$17.78

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.