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Rapid Herpes Virus Test On A Swab

Indiana rates for HCPCS 87274

A laboratory test that looks directly for herpes simplex virus in material taken from a sore, blister, or swab. Antibodies tagged with a fluorescent dye stick to the virus if it is present, and the sample glows when viewed under a special microscope. It gives an answer faster than growing the virus in culture.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Herpes Virus Test On A Swab cost?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, 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 $12.02 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$7.94 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$12.02 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $12 to $36Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $11
$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$14.13

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. 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.

Indiana· 41st of 51

$10.72

SD $22.91MD $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.