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Influenza B Antigen Test, Fluorescent Stain

Colorado rates for HCPCS 87275

Looks directly for influenza B virus in a specimen taken from the patient, such as a nose or throat swab, using an antibody tagged with fluorescent dye that a laboratory scientist views under a special microscope. It finds the organism itself in the sample rather than measuring the patient's own antibody response to it. A positive result means the virus was present at that site when the sample was taken.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Influenza B Antigen Test, Fluorescent Stain cost?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$8.51 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$22.39 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $9 to $56Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $9

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
$12.30
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$17.38
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$24.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$47.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.77
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
$4.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.45

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$12.88

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.