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

Human herpesvirus 6 test by amplified probe

CPT 87532the billing code this page is about

A genetic test that detects human herpesvirus 6 by copying and amplifying its genetic material; it reports presence rather than amount.

Hospitals typically charge $136 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,469 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $149. Most fall between $59 and $304 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,469
States
50
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 1,469 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
$40$67$136$258$442

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($40 vs $442).

How the prices are spread

$33 – $44: 113 hospitals$33$44 – $58: 106 hospitals$58 – $78: 155 hospitals$58$78 – $103: 156 hospitals$103 – $137: 138 hospitals$103$137 – $181: 153 hospitals$181 – $241: 176 hospitals$181$241 – $319: 115 hospitals$319 – $424: 108 hospitals$319$424 – $562: 103 hospitals$424median $136price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,323 of 1,469 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$33$44113
$44$58106
$58$78155
$78$103156
$103$137138
$137$181153
$181$241176
$241$319115
$319$424108
$424$562103

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $136.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $146 across 47 hospitalsWA$146Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $137 across 49 hospitalsMN$137Illinois: median $191 across 58 hospitalsIL$191Wisconsin: median $140 across 41 hospitalsWI$140Michigan: median $72 across 34 hospitalsMI$72New York: median $96 across 67 hospitalsNY$96Massachusetts: median $159 across 27 hospitalsMA$159Oregon: median $107 across 12 hospitalsOR$107Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $67 across 30 hospitalsIA$67Indiana: median $89 across 40 hospitalsIN$89Ohio: median $84 across 75 hospitalsOH$84Pennsylvania: median $88 across 60 hospitalsPA$88New Jersey: median $39 across 43 hospitalsNJ$39Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $286 across 45 hospitalsCA$286Utah: median $386 across 30 hospitalsUT$386Colorado: median $298 across 35 hospitalsCO$298Nebraska: median $195 across 35 hospitalsNE$195Missouri: median $143 across 41 hospitalsMO$143Kentucky: median $189 across 28 hospitalsKY$189West Virginia: median $112 across 13 hospitalsWV$112Virginia: median $139 across 56 hospitalsVA$139Maryland: median $326 across 25 hospitalsMD$326Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $155 across 25 hospitalsAZ$155New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $105 across 19 hospitalsKS$105Arkansas: median $172 across 14 hospitalsAR$172Tennessee: median $62 across 38 hospitalsTN$62North Carolina: median $200 across 58 hospitalsNC$200South Carolina: median $186 across 39 hospitalsSC$186Oklahoma: median $62 across 28 hospitalsOK$62Louisiana: median $62 across 23 hospitalsLA$62Mississippi: median $66 across 18 hospitalsMS$66Alabama: median $74 across 16 hospitalsAL$74Georgia: median $118 across 29 hospitalsGA$118Hawaii: median $197 across 16 hospitalsHI$197Texas: median $229 across 91 hospitalsTX$229Florida: median $120 across 83 hospitalsFL$120
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $136. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT30$386+185%$233 – $455
Maryland MD25$326+141%$214 – $376
Colorado CO35$298+120%$119 – $558
California CA45$286+111%$75 – $426
Texas TX91$229+69%$68 – $461
North Carolina NC58$200+47%$69 – $371
Hawaii HI16$197+45%$47 – $217
Nebraska NE35$195+44%$54 – $303
Illinois IL58$191+41%$62 – $382
Kentucky KY28$189+40%$93 – $442
South Carolina SC39$186+37%$51 – $337
Arkansas AR14$172+27%$62 – $265
Massachusetts MA27$159+18%$82 – $383
Arizona AZ25$155+14%$67 – $264
Washington WA47$146+8%$71 – $211
Missouri MO41$143+6%$86 – $255
Wisconsin WI41$140+3%$90 – $293
Virginia VA56$139+2%$83 – $236
Minnesota MN49$137+1%$98 – $242
Florida FL83$120−11%$72 – $328
Georgia GA29$118−13%$63 – $397
West Virginia WV13$112−18%$83 – $178
Oregon OR12$107−21%$65 – $156
Kansas KS19$105−23%$42 – $782
New York NY67$96−29%$42 – $175
Indiana IN40$89−34%$57 – $153
Pennsylvania PA60$88−35%$35 – $504
Ohio OH75$84−38%$41 – $239
Alabama AL16$74−46%$64 – $119
Michigan MI34$72−47%$48 – $129
Iowa IA30$67−50%$54 – $225
Mississippi MS18$66−51%$33 – $88
Louisiana LA23$62−54%$45 – $143
Tennessee TN38$62−54%$46 – $204
Oklahoma OK28$62−55%$62 – $131
New Jersey NJ43$39−72%$35 – $40
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $136.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,153$135$54 – $312
Children’s35$287$71 – $556
Critical access274$132$69 – $273
Ownership
For-profit186$160$75 – $456
Government190$131$63 – $256
Non-profit1,086$130$54 – $303
System affiliation
Part of a system1,290$136$58 – $303
Independent179$133$69 – $319

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$228
Median cash price$136
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

995 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $142 and the average of the middle 60% is $155; most fall between $63 and $300.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 995 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
$43$70$142$265$426

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($43 vs $426).

Of the 1,087 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 995 gave a usable cash price; 47 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 45 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,469 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (37%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,563 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,469
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded49
Hospitals that filed this code1,563

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 HHV-6 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, “Human herpesvirus 6 test by amplified probe (CPT 87532) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-87532-human-herpesvirus-6-test-by-amplified-probe