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Procedure price report · Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology)

DNA test for Anaplasma phagocytophilum

CPT 87468the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that amplifies and detects genetic material from the tick-borne bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a patient sample.

Hospitals typically charge $92 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,485 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $95. Most fall between $42 and $170 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,485
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,485 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$33$50$92$157$265

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($33 vs $265).

How the prices are spread

$23 – $31: 56 hospitals$23$31 – $40: 145 hospitals$40 – $54: 146 hospitals$40$54 – $71: 183 hospitals$71 – $94: 162 hospitals$71$94 – $124: 216 hospitals$124 – $164: 197 hospitals$124$164 – $217: 90 hospitals$217 – $286: 99 hospitals$217$286 – $379: 46 hospitals$286median $92price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,340 of 1,485 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$23$3156
$31$40145
$40$54146
$54$71183
$71$94162
$94$124216
$124$164197
$164$21790
$217$28699
$286$37946

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $92.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $66 across 21 hospitalsME$66Vermont: median $92 across 12 hospitalsVT$92New Hampshire: median $114 across 23 hospitalsNH$114Washington: median $57 across 12 hospitalsWA$57Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $61 across 14 hospitalsND$61Minnesota: median $66 across 69 hospitalsMN$66Illinois: median $113 across 50 hospitalsIL$113Wisconsin: median $123 across 94 hospitalsWI$123Michigan: median $48 across 26 hospitalsMI$48New York: median $60 across 73 hospitalsNY$60Massachusetts: median $131 across 44 hospitalsMA$131Oregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $278 across 11 hospitalsSD$278Iowa: median $67 across 36 hospitalsIA$67Indiana: median $67 across 36 hospitalsIN$67Ohio: median $93 across 87 hospitalsOH$93Pennsylvania: median $148 across 89 hospitalsPA$148New Jersey: median $39 across 40 hospitalsNJ$39Connecticut: median $75 across 21 hospitalsCT$75Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $69 across 39 hospitalsCA$69Utah: median $139 across 26 hospitalsUT$139Colorado: median $97 across 26 hospitalsCO$97Nebraska: median $76 across 30 hospitalsNE$76Missouri: median $121 across 48 hospitalsMO$121Kentucky: median $108 across 23 hospitalsKY$108West Virginia: median $110 across 24 hospitalsWV$110Virginia: median $112 across 45 hospitalsVA$112Maryland: median $94 across 20 hospitalsMD$94Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $40 across 12 hospitalsAZ$40New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $119 across 22 hospitalsKS$119Arkansas: median $23 across 28 hospitalsAR$23Tennessee: median $62 across 31 hospitalsTN$62North Carolina: median $97 across 41 hospitalsNC$97South Carolina: median $77 across 19 hospitalsSC$77Oklahoma: median $88 across 24 hospitalsOK$88Louisiana: median $59 across 14 hospitalsLA$59Mississippi: median $50 across 20 hospitalsMS$50Alabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $123 across 51 hospitalsGA$123Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $76 across 74 hospitalsTX$76Florida: median $115 across 55 hospitalsFL$115
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $92. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD11$278+201%$52 – $400
Pennsylvania PA89$148+60%$41 – $435
Utah UT26$139+51%$139 – $164
Massachusetts MA44$131+42%$76 – $220
Wisconsin WI94$123+34%$64 – $238
Georgia GA51$123+33%$48 – $223
Missouri MO48$121+31%$42 – $155
Kansas KS22$119+28%$44 – $231
Florida FL55$115+24%$37 – $130
New Hampshire NH23$114+24%$35 – $291
Illinois IL50$113+22%$67 – $227
Virginia VA45$112+21%$58 – $255
West Virginia WV24$110+19%$110 – $175
Kentucky KY23$108+17%$35 – $265
North Carolina NC41$97+5%$67 – $252
Colorado CO26$97+5%$68 – $153
Maryland MD20$94+2%$69 – $228
Ohio OH87$93+1%$52 – $150
Vermont VT12$920%$45 – $147
Oklahoma OK24$88−5%$61 – $154
South Carolina SC19$77−16%$70 – $77
Texas TX74$76−17%$34 – $88
Nebraska NE30$76−18%$51 – $114
Connecticut CT21$75−19%$62 – $109
California CA39$69−25%$69 – $184
Iowa IA36$67−27%$60 – $114
Indiana IN36$67−28%$44 – $140
Maine ME21$66−28%$29 – $164
Minnesota MN69$66−28%$43 – $120
Tennessee TN31$62−33%$28 – $158
North Dakota ND14$61−34%$55 – $95
New York NY73$60−35%$35 – $118
Louisiana LA14$59−36%$36 – $130
Washington WA12$57−39%$50 – $430
Mississippi MS20$50−46%$27 – $141
Michigan MI26$48−48%$32 – $146
Arizona AZ12$40−56%$28 – $316
New Jersey NJ40$39−58%$35 – $106
Arkansas AR28$23−75%$23 – $158
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $92.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,138$83$40 – $164
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access323$108$51 – $180
Ownership
For-profit134$105$43 – $245
Government170$84$35 – $161
Non-profit1,176$89$44 – $164
System affiliation
Part of a system1,325$92$43 – $165
Independent160$84$39 – $192

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$146
Median cash price$92
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,074 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $93 and the average of the middle 60% is $98; most fall between $47 and $172.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,074 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$34$53$93$158$240

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($34 vs $240).

Of the 1,168 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,074 gave a usable cash price; 44 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 50 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,485 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (38%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,601 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,485
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here67
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded48
Hospitals that filed this code1,601

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Hc Iadna Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Amplifed Prb Tq.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “DNA test for Anaplasma phagocytophilum (CPT 87468) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-87468-dna-test-for-anaplasma-phagocytophilum