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Merkel Cell Virus Capsid Antibody Test

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 0059U

Used in connection with Merkel cell carcinoma, a skin cancer linked to Merkel cell polyomavirus. It looks in blood serum for the antibody response to the virus's VP1 capsid protein — the coat around the virus — and reports simply whether it is present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Merkel Cell Virus Capsid Antibody Test cost?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $851 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$288 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$324 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,399Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $257 to $447
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$724.44

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii than in Georgia. 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 51

$324

HI $562GA $214

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.