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Basic Respiratory Virus PCR Panel

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 87631

A molecular, genetic-based, laboratory test that checks a single respiratory sample for a small group of the most common viruses and other germs that cause cold, flu, or similar respiratory symptoms. It is a more limited version of a respiratory panel test, screening for fewer organisms than the broader multiplex versions.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Basic Respiratory Virus PCR Panel cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$162$141 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$141 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,047Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $100 to $407
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $162

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
$134.90
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$170

NE $302DC $107

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.