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Rapid Test For Adenovirus

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$11.48 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$13.49 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $13 to $107Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $14

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
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$107.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$33.88
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.47

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 22nd 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.