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Herpes Simplex Type 2 Fluorescent Stain Test

Florida 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 7 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$10.47$9.77 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$12.02 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $11 to $59Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $14
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.49
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.13
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.99
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.02

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 38th of 51

$10.72

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.