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

Mpox and related poxvirus test by DNA amplification

CPT 87593the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that looks for the genetic material of orthopoxviruses, the group that includes mpox, in a specimen such as a lesion swab. Covers one test on one specimen.

Hospitals typically charge $95 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,963 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $99. Most fall between $53 and $161 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,963
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 1,963 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
$37$61$95$148$217

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($37 vs $217).

How the prices are spread

$27 – $34: 75 hospitals$27$34 – $43: 61 hospitals$43 – $55: 177 hospitals$43$55 – $70: 199 hospitals$70 – $89: 304 hospitals$70$89 – $113: 308 hospitals$113 – $144: 213 hospitals$113$144 – $184: 232 hospitals$184 – $234: 146 hospitals$184$234 – $298: 52 hospitals$234median $95price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,767 of 1,963 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$27$3475
$34$4361
$43$55177
$55$70199
$70$89304
$89$113308
$113$144213
$144$184232
$184$234146
$234$29852

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $95.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $95 across 23 hospitalsME$95Vermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $106 across 18 hospitalsNH$106Washington: median $109 across 47 hospitalsWA$109Idaho: median $106 across 12 hospitalsID$106Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $94 across 42 hospitalsMN$94Illinois: median $108 across 90 hospitalsIL$108Wisconsin: median $148 across 53 hospitalsWI$148Michigan: median $52 across 42 hospitalsMI$52New York: median $87 across 72 hospitalsNY$87Massachusetts: median $118 across 40 hospitalsMA$118Oregon: median $93 across 30 hospitalsOR$93Nevada: median $86 across 10 hospitalsNV$86Wyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $74 across 12 hospitalsIA$74Indiana: median $73 across 65 hospitalsIN$73Ohio: median $135 across 105 hospitalsOH$135Pennsylvania: median $133 across 83 hospitalsPA$133New Jersey: median $59 across 38 hospitalsNJ$59Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $81 across 97 hospitalsCA$81Utah: median $121 across 30 hospitalsUT$121Colorado: median $103 across 40 hospitalsCO$103Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $104 across 55 hospitalsMO$104Kentucky: median $109 across 36 hospitalsKY$109West Virginia: median $90 across 24 hospitalsWV$90Virginia: median $78 across 60 hospitalsVA$78Maryland: median $79 across 35 hospitalsMD$79Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $132 across 31 hospitalsAZ$132New Mexico: median $138 across 11 hospitalsNM$138Kansas: median $130 across 22 hospitalsKS$130Arkansas: median $96 across 24 hospitalsAR$96Tennessee: median $43 across 53 hospitalsTN$43North Carolina: median $72 across 74 hospitalsNC$72South Carolina: median $173 across 41 hospitalsSC$173Oklahoma: median $126 across 41 hospitalsOK$126Louisiana: median $72 across 29 hospitalsLA$72Mississippi: median $52 across 30 hospitalsMS$52Alabama: median $75 across 15 hospitalsAL$75Georgia: median $57 across 69 hospitalsGA$57Hawaii: median $77 across 13 hospitalsHI$77Texas: median $79 across 164 hospitalsTX$79Florida: median $91 across 122 hospitalsFL$91
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $95. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC41$173+81%$72 – $202
Wisconsin WI53$148+55%$86 – $154
New Mexico NM11$138+44%$116 – $180
Ohio OH105$135+41%$95 – $230
Pennsylvania PA83$133+40%$56 – $320
Arizona AZ31$132+38%$78 – $185
Kansas KS22$130+36%$88 – $230
Oklahoma OK41$126+32%$67 – $158
Utah UT30$121+26%$99 – $142
Massachusetts MA40$118+24%$93 – $207
Washington WA47$109+14%$82 – $163
Kentucky KY36$109+14%$80 – $154
Illinois IL90$108+13%$74 – $176
Idaho ID12$106+11%$75 – $106
New Hampshire NH18$106+11%$38 – $182
Missouri MO55$104+9%$80 – $138
Colorado CO40$103+8%$49 – $129
Arkansas AR24$960%$34 – $139
Maine ME23$950%$32 – $229
Minnesota MN42$94−1%$70 – $136
Oregon OR30$93−3%$72 – $138
Florida FL122$91−5%$62 – $143
West Virginia WV24$90−6%$90 – $129
New York NY72$87−9%$51 – $181
Nevada NV10$86−10%$68 – $98
California CA97$81−15%$41 – $101
Maryland MD35$79−17%$56 – $200
Texas TX164$79−18%$50 – $189
Virginia VA60$78−19%$27 – $106
Hawaii HI13$77−20%$56 – $258
Alabama AL15$75−21%$50 – $102
Iowa IA12$74−22%$53 – $97
Indiana IN65$73−24%$26 – $148
North Carolina NC74$72−25%$44 – $131
Louisiana LA29$72−25%$32 – $99
New Jersey NJ38$59−38%$51 – $231
Georgia GA69$57−40%$37 – $158
Mississippi MS30$52−46%$28 – $87
Michigan MI42$52−46%$30 – $71
Tennessee TN53$43−55%$18 – $109
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $95.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,592$93$52 – $162
Children’s27$109$72 – $187
Critical access337$99$55 – $154
Ownership
For-profit295$99$58 – $162
Government263$85$51 – $151
Non-profit1,398$96$53 – $166
System affiliation
Part of a system1,714$95$52 – $161
Independent249$98$60 – $166

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$155
Median cash price$95
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

1,398 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $96 and the average of the middle 60% is $102; most fall between $53 and $172.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,398 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
$37$60$96$154$229

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($37 vs $229).

Of the 1,574 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,398 gave a usable cash price; 99 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 76 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,963 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (50%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,196 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,963
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here130
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 — excluded102
Hospitals that filed this code2,196

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 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 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 Orthopoxvirus Monkeypox Virus by Pcr.

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, “Mpox and related poxvirus test by DNA amplification (CPT 87593) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-87593-mpox-and-related-poxvirus-test-by-dna-amplification