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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Iowa 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 8 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$158$95.50 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$141 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $95 to $933Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $74 to $457
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $229professional $158

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
$74.13
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$446.68
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$239.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$162

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.