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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

South Dakota 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$126$95.50 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$224 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $182 to $263Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $89 to $275
$100$200facility $245professional $126

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
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$478.63
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$147.91
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 1st of 51

$224

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.