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Herpes Simplex Type 2 Fluorescent Stain Test

Kansas 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 Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 5 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$10.23 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$16.60 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $60Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $20
$10$20$50facility $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
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.38

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 23rd 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.