go back

Cytomegalovirus Fluorescent Antibody Test

Minnesota 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$13.49$10.72 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$12.59 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $79Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $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
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$97.72
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$31.62
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.24

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 22nd of 51

$13.49

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.