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Rapid Herpes Virus Test On A Swab

South Carolina 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$9.55$9.33 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$16.60 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $9 to $74Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $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
$9.33
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$10.47

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.