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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Minnesota 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $240 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$126$110 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$95.50 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $91 to $708Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $76 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $126

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
$89.13
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$707.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$135

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.