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Rapid Test For Adenovirus

Washington 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.88$8.91 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$15.85 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $14 to $40Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$20$50facility $22professional $13

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
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$39.81
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$16.22
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.70
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
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.82

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 28th of 51

$13.49

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.