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Herpes Simplex Type 2 Fluorescent Stain Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87273

Detects herpes simplex virus type 2 directly in material swabbed or scraped from a sore, using an antibody tagged with fluorescent dye that lights up under a special microscope when the virus is there. Because the virus is looked for in the lesion itself, a positive result points to infection that is active at that site. Type 2 is the form most often responsible for genital herpes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Herpes Simplex Type 2 Fluorescent Stain Test cost?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$36.31$22.39 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$12.88 to $12.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $12 to $65Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $12 to $48
$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $36

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$38.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$93.33

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 24th of 51

$12.88

SD $22.91DC $8.91

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.