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Cytomegalovirus Fluorescent Antibody Test

Georgia 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$8.51$5.89 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$13.49 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $47Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $22
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $9

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
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$21.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$28.18
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
$5.37
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.57

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 44th of 51

$10.47

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.