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Herpes Simplex Type 2 Fluorescent Stain Test

Delaware 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9.55 to $16.98.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $14 to $14Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $36
$10$20facility $14professional $10

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 43rd of 51

$10.00

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.