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Herpes Simplex Type 2 Fluorescent Stain Test

New Mexico 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 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$9.77$8.91 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$10.72 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $39Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $79
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.91

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 40th of 51

$10.72

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.