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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

North Carolina 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 8 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$75.86 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$85.11 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $60 to $316Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $63 to $269
$10$100$1Kfacility $123professional $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
$54.95
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$114.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$112

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.