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Influenza B Antigen Test, Fluorescent Stain

South Carolina 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$19.50$12.30 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$31.62 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $17 to $81Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $19

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
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
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
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.95

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 51

$19.95

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.