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Rapid Herpes Virus Test On A Swab

Kansas 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$10.47$10.23 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$16.22 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $55Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $20
$10$20$50facility $28professional $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
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.38

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 22nd of 51

$12.88

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.