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Herpes Simplex Type 2 Fluorescent Stain Test

Michigan 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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$11.48$8.91 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$11.48 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $11 to $21Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$10$20facility $11professional $11

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
$11.48
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$39.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.49

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$11.48

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.