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Cytomegalovirus Fluorescent Antibody Test

Massachusetts 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$13.49$10.47 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$12.88 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $44Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $37
$10$100$1Kfacility $19professional $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
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$40.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$52.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$46.77
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$40.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$28.18
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.44
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
3 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
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.89

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$14.79

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.