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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Maine 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$95.50$77.62 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$95.50 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $95 to $479Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $62 to $115
$50$100$200$500facility $234professional $95

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
$95.50
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 43rd of 51

$95.50

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.