go back

Genetic Test for Herpes Simplex Virus

Virginia 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25.12$17.38 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$35.48 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $35 to $170Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $60
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $58professional $25

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
$26.30
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.30
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$74.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$64.57
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$56.23
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
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.61

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$30.90

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.