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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Rhode Island 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?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 4 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$89.13$53.70 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$123 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $112 to $537Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $54 to $191
$100$200$500facility $182professional $89

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
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$169.82

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 46th of 51

$89.13

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.