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Rapid Herpes Virus Test On A Swab

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

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

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$10.00 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$12.30 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $43Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $34
$10$100$1Kfacility $17professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$37.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$46.77
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$46.77
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$37.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$25.12
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$20.89
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.62

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$14.45

KS $34.67NJ $8.51

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.