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Cytomegalovirus Fluorescent Antibody Test

Kansas 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$13.49$8.13 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$38.90 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $19 to $60Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28
$10$20$50facility $41professional $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
$24.55
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
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
$5.75
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.82

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$38.02

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.