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Herpes Simplex Type 2 Fluorescent Stain Test

Montana 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$15.49$13.80 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$15.14 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $68Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $79
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $21professional $15

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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$87,096.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$67.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.60

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$16.98

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.