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Herpesvirus Load Measurement Test

Iowa rates for HCPCS 87533

This laboratory test measures the amount of a specific type of herpesvirus's genetic material present in a sample, rather than simply detecting whether it's there. It's most often used to monitor an active infection in someone with a weakened immune system, such as after a transplant. Tracking the level over time helps show whether an infection is responding to treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Herpesvirus Load Measurement Test cost?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$50.12$32.36 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$50.12 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $42 to $132Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $25 to $240
$50$100$200facility $74professional $50

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
$32.36
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$100.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
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
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.00

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Iowa· 17th of 51

$50.12

AK $93.33DE $28.18

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.