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Rapid Test For Adenovirus

Colorado rates for HCPCS 87260

A laboratory test that looks directly for adenovirus, a common cause of colds, sore throat, pink eye, and diarrhea, in a swab or other sample. Antibodies tagged with a fluorescent dye bind to the virus if it is present, making the sample glow under a special microscope. It gives a faster answer than growing the virus in culture.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Rapid Test For Adenovirus cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.96$10.00 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$26.30 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $11 to $66Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $42professional $11

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
$14.45
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.89
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$24.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$56.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.48
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
$5.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.88

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Kansas 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.

Colorado· 24th of 51

$14.45

KS $38.02NE $9.77

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.