Lab tests CPT 87536 Outpatient

HIV viral load test cost in Tallahassee, FL

In Tallahassee, FL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIV viral load test (HIV-1 RNA, quantitative): from $67.60 to $67.60, with a median of $67.60. Across Florida, the median is $114.00 at 140 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87536, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$67.60Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
Median$67.60half pay less
Highest$67.60in this market
Difference1.0×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 Tallahassee, FL.

median
Lowest $67.60Highest $78.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare lowest Tallahassee, FL · (850) 431-1155 HC HIV-1 QUANT REVRSE TRNSCRPJ - HIV 1 RNA QUANT BY PCR $67.60 $96.58 — 30% Sep 1, 2026
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Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Tallahassee, FL · (850) 431-1155 HC HIV-1 QUANT REVRSE TRNSCRPJ - HIV RNA, QUANTITATIVE, PCR $78.90 $112.72 — 30% Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $67.60, median $67.60, highest $67.60.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $67.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

The HIV viral load test measures how much virus is in the blood. It shows how well treatment is working.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.

6 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87536 ($294.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FLInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); HIV-1, quantification, includes reverse transcription when performed $19.00 file
HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FLInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); HIV-1, quantification, includes reverse transcription when performed UNSCHEDULED $19.00 file
HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FLHIV 1 RNA QN $19.00 file
HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FLInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); HIV-1, quantification, includes reverse transcription when performed $19.00 file
HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FLInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); HIV-1, quantification, includes reverse transcription when performed UNSCHEDULED $19.00 file
HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FLHIV 1 RNA QN $19.00 file