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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Idaho 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 Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$132$100 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$155 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $95 to $589Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $89 to $447
$50$100$200$500facility $251professional $132

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
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$158.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$141.25

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 6th 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.