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Rapid Test For Adenovirus

New Jersey 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.77$8.51 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$9.77 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $69Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $12
$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $10

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
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$24.55
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.51
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.22

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 50th of 51

$10.00

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.