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Cytomegalovirus Fluorescent Antibody Test

Missouri 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$12.02$8.13 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$16.22 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $79Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $12

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
$11.48
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.20
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
$5.75
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$3.09

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 29th of 51

$12.02

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.