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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87502

This is a molecular (genetic) lab test that analyzes a patient sample to detect and distinguish between multiple types of the influenza virus at once. It uses a technique that copies and amplifies tiny amounts of viral genetic material to make detection more sensitive than older methods. It's commonly used during flu season to help confirm a diagnosis and guide treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types cost?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 6 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$145$100 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$95.50 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $58 to $661Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $58 to $324
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $263professional $145

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
$56.23
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$309.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 5th of 51

$174

SD $224DC $72.44

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.