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Genetic Test for Herpes Simplex Virus

Nevada 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$31.62$23.99 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$38.02 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $28 to $282Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $19 to $51
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $76professional $32

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
$27.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$51.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$51.29
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$53.70
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 46th of 51

$33.11

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.