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

Respiratory virus panel, 12 to 25 viruses tested

CPT 87633the billing code this page is about

A single laboratory test on one respiratory specimen that looks for the genetic material of twelve to twenty-five different respiratory viruses at once.

Hospitals typically charge $681 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,581 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $718. Most fall between $379 and $1,246 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,581
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – 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 2,581 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
$250$417$681$1,093$1,869

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($250 vs $1,869).

How the prices are spread

$156 – $206: 74 hospitals$156$206 – $272: 102 hospitals$272 – $359: 165 hospitals$272$359 – $474: 349 hospitals$474 – $625: 359 hospitals$474$625 – $826: 367 hospitals$826 – $1,090: 387 hospitals$826$1,090 – $1,439: 257 hospitals$1,439 – $1,900: 147 hospitals$1,439$1,900 – $2,508: 116 hospitals$1,900median $681price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,323 of 2,581 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$156$20674
$206$272102
$272$359165
$359$474349
$474$625359
$625$826367
$826$1,090387
$1,090$1,439257
$1,439$1,900147
$1,900$2,508116

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $681.

Alaska: median $1,261 across 11 hospitalsAK$1,261Maine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,021 across 15 hospitalsNH$1,021Washington: median $814 across 62 hospitalsWA$814Idaho: median $1,033 across 19 hospitalsID$1,033Montana: median $790 across 17 hospitalsMT$790North Dakota: median $1,399 across 18 hospitalsND$1,399Minnesota: median $454 across 68 hospitalsMN$454Illinois: median $712 across 110 hospitalsIL$712Wisconsin: median $809 across 66 hospitalsWI$809Michigan: median $630 across 79 hospitalsMI$630New York: median $886 across 90 hospitalsNY$886Massachusetts: median $1,342 across 46 hospitalsMA$1,342Oregon: median $797 across 42 hospitalsOR$797Nevada: median $678 across 16 hospitalsNV$678Wyoming: median $789 across 15 hospitalsWY$789South Dakota: median $540 across 12 hospitalsSD$540Iowa: median $409 across 49 hospitalsIA$409Indiana: median $748 across 73 hospitalsIN$748Ohio: median $718 across 124 hospitalsOH$718Pennsylvania: median $899 across 105 hospitalsPA$899New Jersey: median $458 across 54 hospitalsNJ$458Connecticut: median $794 across 15 hospitalsCT$794Rhode Island: median $960 across 10 hospitalsRI$960California: median $769 across 137 hospitalsCA$769Utah: median $858 across 38 hospitalsUT$858Colorado: median $604 across 55 hospitalsCO$604Nebraska: median $585 across 54 hospitalsNE$585Missouri: median $626 across 66 hospitalsMO$626Kentucky: median $562 across 42 hospitalsKY$562West Virginia: median $574 across 32 hospitalsWV$574Virginia: median $942 across 60 hospitalsVA$942Maryland: median $489 across 33 hospitalsMD$489Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $701 across 33 hospitalsAZ$701New Mexico: median $661 across 21 hospitalsNM$661Kansas: median $670 across 54 hospitalsKS$670Arkansas: median $390 across 32 hospitalsAR$390Tennessee: median $398 across 61 hospitalsTN$398North Carolina: median $529 across 70 hospitalsNC$529South Carolina: median $857 across 47 hospitalsSC$857Oklahoma: median $521 across 54 hospitalsOK$521Louisiana: median $544 across 43 hospitalsLA$544Mississippi: median $381 across 48 hospitalsMS$381Alabama: median $450 across 33 hospitalsAL$450Georgia: median $552 across 87 hospitalsGA$552Hawaii: median $1,444 across 10 hospitalsHI$1,444Texas: median $875 across 210 hospitalsTX$875Florida: median $668 across 129 hospitalsFL$668
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $681. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Hawaii HI10$1,444+112%$383 – $4,875
North Dakota ND18$1,399+106%$210 – $2,596
Massachusetts MA46$1,342+97%$795 – $2,054
Alaska AK11$1,261+85%$549 – $1,388
Idaho ID19$1,033+52%$833 – $3,209
New Hampshire NH15$1,021+50%$282 – $1,641
Rhode Island RI10$960+41%$444 – $967
Virginia VA60$942+38%$262 – $1,706
Pennsylvania PA105$899+32%$479 – $2,318
New York NY90$886+30%$417 – $1,199
Texas TX210$875+29%$268 – $1,341
Utah UT38$858+26%$707 – $1,010
South Carolina SC47$857+26%$444 – $1,204
Washington WA62$814+20%$448 – $1,273
Wisconsin WI66$809+19%$405 – $1,032
Oregon OR42$797+17%$597 – $1,040
Connecticut CT15$794+17%$501 – $1,050
Montana MT17$790+16%$463 – $1,318
Wyoming WY15$789+16%$525 – $970
California CA137$769+13%$185 – $1,246
Indiana IN73$748+10%$540 – $1,454
Ohio OH124$718+5%$482 – $1,415
Illinois IL110$712+5%$405 – $1,207
Arizona AZ33$701+3%$432 – $2,643
Nevada NV16$6780%$308 – $1,167
Kansas KS54$670−1%$259 – $1,376
Florida FL129$668−2%$334 – $2,061
New Mexico NM21$661−3%$485 – $1,919
Michigan MI79$630−7%$454 – $1,287
Missouri MO66$626−8%$463 – $919
Colorado CO55$604−11%$304 – $988
Nebraska NE54$585−14%$332 – $1,017
West Virginia WV32$574−16%$348 – $1,389
Kentucky KY42$562−17%$152 – $1,283
Georgia GA87$552−19%$443 – $1,032
Louisiana LA43$544−20%$239 – $1,045
South Dakota SD12$540−21%$532 – $1,171
North Carolina NC70$529−22%$360 – $886
Oklahoma OK54$521−23%$351 – $1,050
Maryland MD33$489−28%$376 – $577
New Jersey NJ54$458−33%$417 – $1,348
Minnesota MN68$454−33%$156 – $734
Alabama AL33$450−34%$118 – $688
Iowa IA49$409−40%$295 – $813
Tennessee TN61$398−42%$310 – $602
Arkansas AR32$390−43%$278 – $629
Mississippi MS48$381−44%$273 – $529
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not 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 $681.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,928$690$383 – $1,250
Children’s59$665$304 – $1,966
Critical access586$667$383 – $1,105
Ownership
For-profit379$750$338 – $1,645
Government438$552$332 – $988
Non-profit1,756$718$400 – $1,250
System affiliation
Part of a system2,141$696$386 – $1,281
Independent440$631$351 – $1,108

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,225
Median cash price$681
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

1,735 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $718 and the average of the middle 60% is $744; most fall between $405 and $1,275.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,735 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
$258$441$718$1,100$1,893

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($258 vs $1,893).

Of the 1,908 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,735 gave a usable cash price; 93 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 80 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,581 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 2,812 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,581
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here137
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 — excluded91
Hospitals that filed this code2,812

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 July 20, 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 Rvp Panel Nasal Single Rvpn.

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, “Respiratory virus panel, 12 to 25 viruses tested (CPT 87633) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-87633-respiratory-virus-panel-12-to-25-viruses-tested