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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Montana 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 Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$135$102 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$129 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $120 to $398Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $87 to $490
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $129professional $135

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
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$288.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$120.23

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 13th 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.