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Rapid Test For Adenovirus

Virginia 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$7.08 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$14.45 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $69Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $21professional $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
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
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
$7.59
Typical High
$14.45
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
$6.17
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.57

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 45th of 51

$10.96

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.