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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

New Mexico 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $178 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$115$77.62 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$105 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $62 to $891Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $72 to $457
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $178professional $115

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
$44.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$120.23

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 27th of 51

$115

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.