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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Colorado 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 7 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$75.86$72.44 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$123 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $72 to $550Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $58 to $138
$50$100$200$500facility $204professional $76

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
$60.26
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$141.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$58.88

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$120

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.