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Genetic Test for Herpes Simplex Virus

Georgia rates for HCPCS 87529

A laboratory test that detects genetic material from herpes simplex virus, using a technique that amplifies small amounts of viral genetic material so the test can find even a low level of the virus. A sample is typically collected by swabbing an active sore or blister, or occasionally from another affected site. This approach can identify an active herpes infection more sensitively than older culture-based methods.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Genetic Test for Herpes Simplex Virus cost?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.84$17.38 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$33.88 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $27 to $120Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $13 to $69
$10$20$50$100facility $46professional $29

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$61.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$64.57
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$138.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$75.86
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$30.20

AK $79.43MD $26.30

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.