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Genetic Test for Herpes Simplex Virus

Kansas 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 July 2026.

How much does Genetic Test for Herpes Simplex Virus cost?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 6 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$35.48$28.84 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$56.23 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $36 to $257Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $23 to $50
$20$50$100$200$500facility $79professional $35

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
$37.15
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$91.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$56.23

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in West Virginia than in Vermont. 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.

Kansas· 15th of 51

$50.12

WV $166VT $24.55

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.