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Herpes Simplex Type 2 Fluorescent Stain Test

Illinois 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$10.23$9.33 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$12.30 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $55Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
$9.77
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.60

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 11th of 51

$14.45

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.