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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Louisiana 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $126 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$115$95.50 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$97.72 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $63 to $331Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $50 to $457
$50$100$200$500facility $126professional $115

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
$123.03
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$138.04
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$162.18

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$123

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.