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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

New Jersey 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$100$75.86 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$126 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,148Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $63 to $295
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $214professional $100

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
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$295.12
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$120.23

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 31st of 51

$110

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.