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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Missouri 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $158 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$110$81.28 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$100 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $93 to $245Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $48 to $200
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $158professional $110

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
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$128.82

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 19th of 51

$126

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.