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Rapid Herpes Virus Test On A Swab

Missouri 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 Missouri, 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 $22.91 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$7.24 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$15.85 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $71Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$10.23
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.22
2 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
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.75

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 14th 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.