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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Nebraska 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $288 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$166$75.86 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$186 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $95 to $832Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $63 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $288professional $166

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
$141.25
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$338.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$263.03

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$191

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.