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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Utah 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $191 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$95.50$89.13 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$97.72 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $89 to $631Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $76 to $148
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $191professional $95

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
$89.13
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$245.47
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$389.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$120.23

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 37th of 51

$100

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.