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Rapid Test For Adenovirus

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Rapid Test For Adenovirus cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 8 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$14.45$12.88 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$19.95 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $11 to $55Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $36
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $30professional $14

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
$10.96
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$51.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$147.91
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$34.67
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$147.91
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.11

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $15.85 · 19th of 51
SD $25.12MD $10.72

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.