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Specialized Sperm Function Test

Washington 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$12.88 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$21.38 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $54Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $8 to $24
$10$20$50facility $30professional $18

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
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$53.70
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.92
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$39.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$53.70
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$21.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$35.48
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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.68

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 30th of 51

$18.62

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.