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

HIV gene test of an additional gene region

CPT 87906the billing code this page is about

A genetic analysis of an HIV-1 region other than reverse transcriptase and protease, such as the integrase region, to look for resistance mutations.

Hospitals typically charge $284 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,712 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $304. Most fall between $133 and $579 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,712
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 1,712 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
$85$150$284$490$904

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($85 vs $904).

How the prices are spread

$64 – $86: 90 hospitals$64$86 – $116: 77 hospitals$116 – $155: 189 hospitals$116$155 – $209: 169 hospitals$209 – $281: 240 hospitals$209$281 – $379: 207 hospitals$379 – $510: 243 hospitals$379$510 – $686: 131 hospitals$686 – $923: 117 hospitals$686$923 – $1,242: 79 hospitals$923median $284price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,542 of 1,712 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$64$8690
$86$11677
$116$155189
$155$209169
$209$281240
$281$379207
$379$510243
$510$686131
$686$923117
$923$1,24279

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $284.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $386 across 10 hospitalsNH$386Washington: median $372 across 36 hospitalsWA$372Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $224 across 10 hospitalsND$224Minnesota: median $284 across 38 hospitalsMN$284Illinois: median $619 across 76 hospitalsIL$619Wisconsin: median $475 across 59 hospitalsWI$475Michigan: median $116 across 46 hospitalsMI$116New York: median $194 across 76 hospitalsNY$194Massachusetts: median $387 across 40 hospitalsMA$387Oregon: median $160 across 24 hospitalsOR$160Nevada: median $206 across 10 hospitalsNV$206Wyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $251 across 30 hospitalsIA$251Indiana: median $309 across 65 hospitalsIN$309Ohio: median $359 across 105 hospitalsOH$359Pennsylvania: median $396 across 103 hospitalsPA$396New Jersey: median $148 across 51 hospitalsNJ$148Connecticut: median $300 across 16 hospitalsCT$300Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $250 across 63 hospitalsCA$250Utah: median $229 across 24 hospitalsUT$229Colorado: median $175 across 30 hospitalsCO$175Nebraska: median $390 across 24 hospitalsNE$390Missouri: median $268 across 43 hospitalsMO$268Kentucky: median $386 across 31 hospitalsKY$386West Virginia: median $63 across 23 hospitalsWV$63Virginia: median $362 across 45 hospitalsVA$362Maryland: median $294 across 25 hospitalsMD$294Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $441 across 24 hospitalsAZ$441New Mexico: median $677 across 11 hospitalsNM$677Kansas: median $434 across 12 hospitalsKS$434Arkansas: median $218 across 13 hospitalsAR$218Tennessee: median $178 across 34 hospitalsTN$178North Carolina: median $274 across 63 hospitalsNC$274South Carolina: median $588 across 45 hospitalsSC$588Oklahoma: median $146 across 34 hospitalsOK$146Louisiana: median $270 across 32 hospitalsLA$270Mississippi: median $138 across 27 hospitalsMS$138Alabama: median $128 across 13 hospitalsAL$128Georgia: median $401 across 59 hospitalsGA$401Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $201 across 111 hospitalsTX$201Florida: median $172 across 70 hospitalsFL$172
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $284. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Mexico NM11$677+138%$293 – $802
Illinois IL76$619+118%$225 – $1,141
South Carolina SC45$588+107%$263 – $791
Wisconsin WI59$475+67%$166 – $525
Arizona AZ24$441+55%$138 – $878
Kansas KS12$434+53%$380 – $1,380
Georgia GA59$401+41%$232 – $551
Pennsylvania PA103$396+39%$148 – $1,513
Nebraska NE24$390+37%$197 – $615
Massachusetts MA40$387+36%$180 – $579
Kentucky KY31$386+36%$165 – $904
New Hampshire NH10$386+36%$98 – $563
Washington WA36$372+31%$237 – $597
Virginia VA45$362+27%$25 – $389
Ohio OH105$359+27%$224 – $577
Indiana IN65$309+9%$183 – $627
Connecticut CT16$300+6%$58 – $663
Maryland MD25$294+4%$165 – $452
Minnesota MN38$2840%$246 – $341
North Carolina NC63$274−4%$111 – $292
Louisiana LA32$270−5%$164 – $679
Missouri MO43$268−6%$203 – $433
Iowa IA30$251−12%$133 – $390
California CA63$250−12%$129 – $386
Utah UT24$229−19%$229 – $269
North Dakota ND10$224−21%$162 – $243
Arkansas AR13$218−23%$107 – $495
Nevada NV10$206−28%$88 – $451
Texas TX111$201−29%$68 – $420
New York NY76$194−32%$129 – $442
Tennessee TN34$178−37%$67 – $194
Colorado CO30$175−38%$90 – $911
Florida FL70$172−40%$82 – $445
Oregon OR24$160−44%$90 – $465
New Jersey NJ51$148−48%$142 – $460
Oklahoma OK34$146−48%$64 – $393
Mississippi MS27$138−51%$34 – $251
Alabama AL13$128−55%$89 – $204
Michigan MI46$116−59%$35 – $199
West Virginia WV23$63−78%$63 – $389
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $284.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,427$285$129 – $577
Children’s32$270$180 – $763
Critical access246$279$166 – $567
Ownership
For-profit169$276$128 – $826
Government220$245$129 – $438
Non-profit1,316$296$137 – $588
System affiliation
Part of a system1,504$284$130 – $580
Independent208$284$148 – $578

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$532
Median cash price$284
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

1,282 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $296 and the average of the middle 60% is $316; most fall between $141 and $579.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,282 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
$85$167$296$490$885

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($85 vs $885).

Of the 1,431 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,282 gave a usable cash price; 88 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 60 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,712 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (43%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,879 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,712
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here108
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded57
Hospitals that filed this code1,879

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 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 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 Genotype Dna Hiv Other Region.

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, “HIV gene test of an additional gene region (CPT 87906) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-87906-hiv-gene-test-of-an-additional-gene-region