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Genetic Test Detecting Multiple Flu Virus Types

Virginia 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 8 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$81.28$67.61 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$95.50 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $81 to $427Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $58 to $195
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $123professional $81

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
$81.28
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$199.53
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$125.89

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$95.50

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.