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

Influenza virus RNA test, each extra type or subtype

CPT 87503the billing code this page is about

An add-on charge for each influenza virus type or subtype tested beyond the first two in the same multiplex test; it is billed in addition to the main influenza test.

Hospitals typically charge $66 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 734 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $73. Most fall between $35 and $131 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
734
States
45
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – 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 734 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
$29$40$66$115$223

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($29 vs $223).

How the prices are spread

$24 – $30: 58 hospitals$24$30 – $39: 83 hospitals$39 – $50: 68 hospitals$39$50 – $64: 107 hospitals$64 – $82: 92 hospitals$64$82 – $105: 88 hospitals$105 – $135: 65 hospitals$105$135 – $174: 54 hospitals$174 – $223: 18 hospitals$174$223 – $286: 33 hospitals$223median $66price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (666 of 734 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$24$3058
$30$3983
$39$5068
$50$64107
$64$8292
$82$10588
$105$13565
$135$17454
$174$22318
$223$28633

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $66.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: median $60 across 16 hospitalsWA$60Idaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $78 across 32 hospitalsIL$78Wisconsin: median $136 across 19 hospitalsWI$136Michigan: median $40 across 17 hospitalsMI$40New York: median $42 across 36 hospitalsNY$42Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $59 across 18 hospitalsIA$59Indiana: median $46 across 37 hospitalsIN$46Ohio: median $64 across 47 hospitalsOH$64Pennsylvania: median $34 across 40 hospitalsPA$34New Jersey: median $32 across 31 hospitalsNJ$32Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $78 across 62 hospitalsCA$78Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $116 across 17 hospitalsCO$116Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: median $115 across 27 hospitalsKY$115West Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $63 across 24 hospitalsVA$63Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $251 across 10 hospitalsAZ$251New Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: median $57 across 11 hospitalsKS$57Arkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $40 across 26 hospitalsTN$40North Carolina: median $73 across 34 hospitalsNC$73South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $33 across 15 hospitalsOK$33Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $77 across 25 hospitalsGA$77Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $87 across 59 hospitalsTX$87Florida: median $54 across 26 hospitalsFL$54
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $66. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ10$251+279%$79 – $251
Wisconsin WI19$136+105%$62 – $136
Colorado CO17$116+75%$116 – $700
Kentucky KY27$115+74%$53 – $223
Texas TX59$87+31%$32 – $198
Illinois IL32$78+18%$59 – $103
California CA62$78+18%$53 – $93
Georgia GA25$77+15%$43 – $226
North Carolina NC34$73+10%$36 – $140
Ohio OH47$64−3%$51 – $131
Virginia VA24$63−6%$49 – $156
Washington WA16$60−10%$42 – $105
Iowa IA18$59−11%$57 – $59
Kansas KS11$57−13%$46 – $77
Florida FL26$54−19%$24 – $144
Indiana IN37$46−30%$37 – $70
New York NY36$42−37%$29 – $132
Michigan MI17$40−39%$28 – $75
Tennessee TN26$40−40%$36 – $61
Pennsylvania PA40$34−49%$23 – $105
Oklahoma OK15$33−50%$32 – $63
New Jersey NJ31$32−52%$29 – $92
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $66.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care619$66$34 – $131
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access97$66$43 – $136
Ownership
For-profit88$94$51 – $314
Government83$72$29 – $106
Non-profit559$63$34 – $131
System affiliation
Part of a system663$66$35 – $131
Independent71$64$36 – $112

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$139
Median cash price$66
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

521 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $76 and the average of the middle 60% is $82; most fall between $44 and $136.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 521 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
$34$51$76$116$207

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($34 vs $207).

Of the 570 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 521 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 21 a list price only.

How complete is this

734 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 792 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted734
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here36
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded21
Hospitals that filed this code792

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 Hc Infect Agent Dna/Rna Influenza >2 Types, Ea Add.

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, each extra type or subtype (CPT 87503) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-87503-influenza-virus-rna-test-each-extra-type-or-subtype