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Influenza B Antigen Test, Fluorescent Stain

Kentucky 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$6.17 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$10.00 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $10

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.98
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.60
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
$5.01
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.45

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 42nd of 51

$10.00

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.