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Cytomegalovirus Fluorescent Antibody Test

Arizona rates for HCPCS 87271

A laboratory test in which a sample is treated with antibodies carrying a fluorescent dye that stick to cytomegalovirus proteins, and is then examined under a special microscope where any infected cells glow. It shows whether the virus is present in that sample.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cytomegalovirus Fluorescent Antibody Test cost?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$7.41$6.92 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$12.02 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $9 to $62Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $15
$10$20$50facility $26professional $7

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
$10.23
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.02
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
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Arizona· 42nd of 51

$10.72

KS $38.02NJ $9.33

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.