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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Mississippi 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $145 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 5 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$174$95.50 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$95.50 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $87 to $288Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $72 to $200
$50$100$200$500facility $145professional $174

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
$83.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$169.82

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 9th of 51

$148

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.