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Herpes Simplex Type 2 Fluorescent Stain Test

Oregon 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 8 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$15.14$11.75 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$12.02 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $12 to $33Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $24
$10$20$50facility $13professional $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
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.95
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$23.99
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$23.99
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$36.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.60

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 19th of 51

$13.80

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.