Herpes (HSV-2) blood test cost in Denver, CO
In Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, 20 hospitals list a cash price for herpes blood test, HSV-2 antibody: from $22.42 to $1,360.05, with a median of $407.17. The lowest listed price is at Denver Health and Hospital Authority — $384.75 less than the median here. Across Colorado, the median is $125.25 at 47 hospitals.
- The median here, $407.17, is 516% above the US median of $66.08.
- That is 21.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($19.35).
- 17 of 20 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 20 facilities across 9 cities for code 86696, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 30, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Lowest$22.42Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Median$407.17half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,360.05in this market
Difference60.7×highest vs lowest
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO.
median
Lowest $22.42Highest $1,360.05
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Health and Hospital Authority lowest Denver, CO · (303) 436-4927 HC AB, HERPES SIMPLEX TYPE 2 File of Apr 30, 2026 · source file | $22.42 | $64.03 | $19.35–$67.66 | 65% |
| Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver, CO · (303) 436-4927 HC HSV 2 IGM ABS+1 more line at this price File of Apr 30, 2026 · source file | $31.55 | $90.12 | $19.35–$67.66 | 65% |
| Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver, CO · (303) 436-4927 HC HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 2 GLYCOPROTEIN G-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY, IGG BY CIA ARUP 0050294 File of Apr 30, 2026 · source file | $33.95 | $96.99 | $19.35–$67.66 | 65% |
| Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver, CO · (303) 436-4927 HC REFLEX HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 2 GLYCOPROTEIN G-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY, IGG BY ELISA, CSF ARUP 00503 File of Apr 30, 2026 · source file | $36.87 | $105.34 | $19.35–$67.66 | 65% |
| Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO · (720) 777-1234 HB=HSV TYPE 2 AB, IGG,S File of Apr 17, 2026 · source file | $40.95 | $63.00 | $6.30–$57.96 | 35% |
| HCA Healthone Swedish Englewood, CO · (303) 788-5000 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGG File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $51.23 | $51.23 | $7.79–$46.11 | — |
| HCA Healthone Belmar ER Lakewood, CO · (303) 788-5000 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGG File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $51.23 | $51.23 | $7.79–$46.11 | — |
| HCA Healthone Southwest ER Littleton, CO · (303) 788-5000 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGG File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $51.23 | $51.23 | $7.79–$46.11 | — |
| HCA Healthone Swedish Englewood, CO · (303) 788-5000 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGM File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $64.07 | $64.07 | $9.74–$57.66 | — |
| HCA Healthone Southwest ER Littleton, CO · (303) 788-5000 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGM File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $64.07 | $64.07 | $9.74–$57.66 | — |
| HCA Healthone Belmar ER Lakewood, CO · (303) 788-5000 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGM File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $64.07 | $64.07 | $9.74–$57.66 | — |
| HCA Healthone Presbyterian St Lukes Denver, CO · (303) 839-6000 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGM File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $73.50 | $73.50 | $11.17–$66.15 | — |
| HCA Healthone Presbyterian St Lukes Denver, CO · (303) 839-6000 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGG File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $101.00 | $101.00 | $48.48 | — |
| Craig Hospital Englewood, CO HC HERPES SIMPLEX TYPE 2 AB File of Jun 25, 2026 · source file | $111.83 | $293.50 | $16.45–$264.15 | 62% |
| Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO · (720) 777-1234 HB=CSHB HSV TYPE 2 ANTIBODY File of Apr 17, 2026 · source file | $113.75 | $175.00 | $17.50–$161.00 | 35% |
| Spalding at Psl Denver, CO · (303) 839-6000 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGG+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $147.13 | $147.13 | $19.16–$132.42 | — |
| Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO · (720) 777-1234 HB=CSHB HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS2 IGG File of Apr 17, 2026 · source file | $165.75 | $255.00 | $25.50–$234.60 | 35% |
| Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver, CO · (303) 436-4927 HC ANTIBODY HERPES SMPLX TYPE 2 ARUP TO UNIV OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER HSWB File of Apr 30, 2026 · source file | $176.79 | $505.09 | $19.35–$282.85 | 65% |
| HCA Healthone Rose Denver, CO · (303) 320-2121 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGM+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $365.00 | $365.00 | $55.48–$328.50 | — |
| HCA Healthone Central Park ER Denver, CO · (303) 320-2121 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGM+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $365.00 | $365.00 | $55.48–$328.50 | — |
| HCA Healthone Aurora Aurora, CO · (303) 873-5511 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGM+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $449.34 | $449.34 | $68.30–$404.41 | — |
| Centennial Hospital A Campus of Tmca Englewood, CO · (303) 873-5511 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGG+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $449.34 | $449.34 | $68.30–$404.41 | — |
| AdventHealth Littleton Littleton, CO · (303) 730-8900 HC HSV 2 IGG INHIBITION ELISA - ARUP+16 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $470.47 | $470.47 | — | — |
| AdventHealth Parker Parker, CO · (303) 269-4000 HC HSV TYPE 2 IGG - HSV 2 GLYCOPROTEIN G IGG - ARUP+16 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $470.47 | $470.47 | — | — |
| AdventHealth Porter Denver, CO · (303) 778-1955 HC HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2 SPECIFC IGG - HSV 1&2 IGG TYPE SPECIFIC AB - QWDL+16 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $470.47 | $470.47 | — | — |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO · (720) 455-5000 HC HSV TYPE 2 IGG - HSV 2 GLYCOPROTEIN G IGG - ARUP+16 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $470.47 | $470.47 | — | — |
| HCA Healthone Mountain Ridge Thornton, CO · (303) 451-7800 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGG+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $737.74 | $737.74 | $112.14–$663.97 | — |
| HCA Healthone Northeast ER Thornton, CO · (303) 451-7800 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGM+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $737.74 | $737.74 | $112.14–$663.97 | — |
| HCA Healthone Sky Ridge Lone Tree, CO · (720) 225-1000 HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGM+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,360.05 | $1,360.05 | $206.73–$1,224.05 | — |
| HCA Healthone South Parker ER Parker, CO HERPES SIMPLEX 2 AB IGM+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,360.05 | $1,360.05 | $206.73–$1,224.05 | — |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Outpatient: lowest $22.42, median $407.17, highest $1,360.05 — a 60.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $470.47. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 16 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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