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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Alabama 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 4 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$95.50$60.26 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$50.12 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $42 to $145Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $58 to $126
$50$100$200$500facility $87professional $95

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
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$100.00

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 47th of 51

$87.10

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.