87801 — Detection test by nucleic acid for multiple organisms, amplified probe(s) technique

What the market charges

Across 6,935 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $36 and $174, with a median of $72.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $69 for this code, across 702,275 services billed by 598 providers. At the median, the market charges about what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing 87801 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $69. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • Texas — 134 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $69 — level with the national average
  • Florida — 68 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $69 — level with the national average
  • Colorado — 19 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $69 — level with the national average
  • New York — 27 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $69 — level with the national average
  • California — 44 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $69 — level with the national average
  • New Jersey — 27 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $69 — level with the national average
  • Arkansas — 9 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $69 — level with the national average
  • Oklahoma — 19 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $69 — level with the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes this one absorbs

Billed together, 87801 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 53 pairs in total.

  • 80503 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 80504 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 80505 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 80506 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81400 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81401 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81402 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81403 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81404 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81405 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81406 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81407 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, 87801 is not separately payable. 286 pairs in total.

  • 81105 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81106 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81107 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81108 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81109 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81110 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81111 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81112 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81120 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81121 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81161 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81162 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

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Every figure on this page came from published payer and Medicare data, assembled by Mishe. The same pricing, claim-editing and care-pathway intelligence runs underneath the plans Mishe operates.

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