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Herpes Simplex Type 2 Fluorescent Stain Test

Minnesota 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$12.02$11.22 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$12.02 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $12 to $87Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $18
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $12

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
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$87.10
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.92

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 29th of 51

$12.02

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.