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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Kentucky 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $166 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$75.86$47.86 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$95.50 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $79 to $363Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $48 to $155
$50$100$200$500facility $166professional $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
$79.43
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$120.23

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$85.11

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.