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Extensive Respiratory Virus PCR Panel

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87633

A molecular, genetic-based, laboratory test that checks a single respiratory sample for a broad range of viruses and other germs that can cause cold, flu, or pneumonia-like symptoms. This is the most extensive version of the panel, screening for the widest range of possible respiratory pathogens at once from one sample.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extensive Respiratory Virus PCR Panel cost?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 4 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$355$275 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$191 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $162 to $631Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $251 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $355

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
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$436.52

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Alaska 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.

Alabama· 44th of 51

$398

AK $933DC $324

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.