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Procedure price report · Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology)

Influenza virus RNA test, first two types or subtypes

CPT 87502the billing code this page is about

A single laboratory test that checks one specimen for two influenza virus types or subtypes at the same time using reverse transcription and amplification; additional types are billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $190 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,573 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $202. Most fall between $110 and $345 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,573
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,573 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$86$123$190$305$457

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($86 vs $457).

How the prices are spread

$63 – $79: 76 hospitals$63$79 – $99: 209 hospitals$99 – $125: 248 hospitals$99$125 – $157: 325 hospitals$157 – $198: 347 hospitals$157$198 – $249: 341 hospitals$249 – $314: 318 hospitals$249$314 – $395: 212 hospitals$395 – $497: 149 hospitals$395$497 – $626: 92 hospitals$497median $190price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,317 of 2,573 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$63$7976
$79$99209
$99$125248
$125$157325
$157$198347
$198$249341
$249$314318
$314$395212
$395$497149
$497$62692

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $190.

Alaska: median $245 across 11 hospitalsAK$245Maine: median $222 across 18 hospitalsME$222Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $265 across 16 hospitalsNH$265Washington: median $250 across 58 hospitalsWA$250Idaho: median $247 across 19 hospitalsID$247Montana: median $214 across 26 hospitalsMT$214North Dakota: median $249 across 20 hospitalsND$249Minnesota: median $192 across 86 hospitalsMN$192Illinois: median $216 across 105 hospitalsIL$216Wisconsin: median $249 across 91 hospitalsWI$249Michigan: median $163 across 87 hospitalsMI$163New York: median $209 across 91 hospitalsNY$209Massachusetts: median $302 across 41 hospitalsMA$302Oregon: median $179 across 48 hospitalsOR$179Nevada: median $153 across 16 hospitalsNV$153Wyoming: median $159 across 12 hospitalsWY$159South Dakota: median $246 across 36 hospitalsSD$246Iowa: median $176 across 71 hospitalsIA$176Indiana: median $187 across 89 hospitalsIN$187Ohio: median $200 across 132 hospitalsOH$200Pennsylvania: median $181 across 103 hospitalsPA$181New Jersey: median $105 across 50 hospitalsNJ$105Connecticut: median $234 across 15 hospitalsCT$234Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $207 across 143 hospitalsCA$207Utah: median $359 across 36 hospitalsUT$359Colorado: median $140 across 57 hospitalsCO$140Nebraska: median $225 across 52 hospitalsNE$225Missouri: median $166 across 68 hospitalsMO$166Kentucky: median $178 across 60 hospitalsKY$178West Virginia: median $155 across 28 hospitalsWV$155Virginia: median $211 across 60 hospitalsVA$211Maryland: median $388 across 24 hospitalsMD$388Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $252 across 31 hospitalsAZ$252New Mexico: median $264 across 11 hospitalsNM$264Kansas: median $151 across 47 hospitalsKS$151Arkansas: median $213 across 19 hospitalsAR$213Tennessee: median $149 across 53 hospitalsTN$149North Carolina: median $195 across 70 hospitalsNC$195South Carolina: median $276 across 36 hospitalsSC$276Oklahoma: median $157 across 43 hospitalsOK$157Louisiana: median $81 across 34 hospitalsLA$81Mississippi: median $96 across 37 hospitalsMS$96Alabama: median $141 across 20 hospitalsAL$141Georgia: median $154 across 69 hospitalsGA$154Hawaii: median $387 across 21 hospitalsHI$387Texas: median $185 across 181 hospitalsTX$185Florida: median $162 across 114 hospitalsFL$162
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $190. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Maryland MD24$388+104%$285 – $470
Hawaii HI21$387+104%$229 – $541
Utah UT36$359+89%$167 – $422
Massachusetts MA41$302+59%$181 – $467
South Carolina SC36$276+46%$150 – $410
New Hampshire NH16$265+39%$173 – $451
New Mexico NM11$264+39%$130 – $310
Arizona AZ31$252+33%$154 – $287
Washington WA58$250+32%$158 – $453
Wisconsin WI91$249+31%$199 – $337
North Dakota ND20$249+31%$167 – $440
Idaho ID19$247+30%$121 – $426
South Dakota SD36$246+30%$203 – $293
Alaska AK11$245+29%$222 – $386
Connecticut CT15$234+23%$200 – $292
Nebraska NE52$225+19%$163 – $278
Maine ME18$222+17%$138 – $267
Illinois IL105$216+14%$110 – $317
Montana MT26$214+13%$132 – $246
Arkansas AR19$213+12%$104 – $245
Virginia VA60$211+11%$146 – $383
New York NY91$209+10%$96 – $333
California CA143$207+9%$115 – $549
Ohio OH132$200+5%$143 – $345
North Carolina NC70$195+3%$81 – $380
Minnesota MN86$192+1%$122 – $267
Indiana IN89$187−2%$112 – $254
Texas TX181$185−3%$92 – $390
Pennsylvania PA103$181−5%$110 – $533
Oregon OR48$179−6%$153 – $291
Kentucky KY60$178−6%$110 – $287
Iowa IA71$176−8%$120 – $256
Missouri MO68$166−12%$130 – $245
Michigan MI87$163−14%$98 – $368
Florida FL114$162−15%$85 – $455
Wyoming WY12$159−16%$115 – $275
Oklahoma OK43$157−17%$107 – $226
West Virginia WV28$155−18%$108 – $284
Georgia GA69$154−19%$108 – $261
Nevada NV16$153−19%$95 – $403
Kansas KS47$151−21%$108 – $236
Tennessee TN53$149−22%$111 – $223
Alabama AL20$141−26%$86 – $178
Colorado CO57$140−26%$102 – $203
New Jersey NJ50$105−44%$96 – $486
Mississippi MS37$96−49%$43 – $125
Louisiana LA34$81−58%$36 – $213
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $190.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,796$188$106 – $375
Children’s56$169$129 – $457
Critical access713$198$121 – $295
Ownership
For-profit329$207$110 – $454
Government420$160$96 – $272
Non-profit1,816$198$112 – $348
System affiliation
Part of a system2,153$192$110 – $359
Independent420$178$108 – $293

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$316
Median cash price$190
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,824 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $203 and the average of the middle 60% is $214; most fall between $115 and $359.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,824 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$90$133$203$314$457

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($90 vs $457).

Of the 2,021 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,824 gave a usable cash price; 104 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 93 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,573 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (65%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,818 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,573
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here140
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded102
Hospitals that filed this code2,818

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as INFLUENZA DNA AMP PROBE.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Influenza virus RNA test, first two types or subtypes (CPT 87502) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-87502-influenza-virus-rna-test-first-two-types-or-subtypes