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Rapid Herpes Virus Test On A Swab

Pennsylvania 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$9.77$9.55 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$14.45 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $10 to $63Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $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
$10.23
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$28.18
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$28.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.38
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$44.67
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$35.48
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$107.15
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.50

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$11.22

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.