Billing

BILLING & NEW ACCOUNTS

ViraCor offers 3 payment options:

Direct Account Billing (Contract Pricing available)
Patient Billing Service
Prepayment (Discounts available)

VIEW CPT CODES

DIRECT ACCOUNT BILLING

ViraCor bills the hospital or clinic directly on a weekly or monthly basis.

To set up a direct account with ViraCor fill out the Direct Account Information sheet and mail or fax it to:

ViraCor / Attn: Billing Dept.
1001 NW Technology Drive
Lee's Summit, MO 64086
Fax: (816) 347-0143

Contract prices are available for direct accounts. If you are interested in obtaining contract prices, call ViraCor directly at 1-800-305-5198 or 1-816-347-0113 and ask to speak to an Account Executive.

PATIENT BILLING SERVICE

For your convenience, ViraCor will file claims to commercial insurance carriers and Medicare on behalf of patients. In order to use ViraCor's patient billing service, the following information MUST be complete on the Test Request Form prior to results being released:

Patient's name, address, phone, and date of birth
ICD-9 Coding
Physician's name, address, phone, fax, UPIN #, and NPI #
Insurance information (1st, 2nd, etc.) and copy of front and back of insurance card
Credit card information
Patient's signature(s) - release of information and ABN (Medicare patients must sign both)
Specimen collection date

Insurance Information

HMO/MCO - patient must have a referral from his/her primary care physician/specialist or prior insurance patient authorization in order for ViraCor diagnostic tests to be covered
PPO - patient must obtain prior insurance authorization for ViraCor’s diagnostic tests to be paid at maximum rate
ViraCor is a Medicare approved provider
Case Management - ViraCor's diagnostic tests can be included in case management review with physician referral

PREPAYMENT

ViraCor accepts payment by check, money order, or the following credit cards:

Payment must accompany specimen to receive pre-pay discounts.

CPT CODES

Test Code	Test	CPT Code
7500	Adenovirus qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
2500	BKV qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
2300	BK IgG Antibody ELISA	86790
5500	CMV qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87497
4500	EBV qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
1400	Enterovirus qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
1100	HBV qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87517
1300	HCV Genotyping Real-time PCR	87902
1200	HCV RNA qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87522
6500	HHV-6 qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87533
7000	HHV-7 qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
8000	HHV-8 qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
8500	HSV 1/HSV 2 qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87530
9000	ImmuKnow® Detects cell-mediated immunity by measuring concentration of ATP generated by CD4 cells following stimulation	86353 82397
3500	JCV qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
1500	Parvovirus B19 qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
2000	Pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP) qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
RV00	Respiratory Viral Panel PCR Qualitative PCR with Luminex^®xTag™ detection system	87798
3000	SV-40 qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
2200	Toxoplasma gondii qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
9500	VZV qPCR Quantitative, real-time PCR	87799
The CPT codes provided are based on ViraCor’s interpretation of the American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and are provided for informational purposes only. CPT coding is the sole responsibility of the billing party. Questions regarding coding should be addressed to your local Medicare carrier. ViraCor assumes no responsibility for billing errors due to reliance on the CPT codes illustrated in this website.

** Contract pricing available for Direct Accounts; discounts available for pre‐pay customers.
PCR tests are performed pursuant to a license agreement with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
ImmuKnow is a registered trademark of Cylex Incorporated.
Respiratory Viral Panel is a product of Luminex Corporation.
xTag is a trademark of Luminex Corporation.
Luminex is a registered trademark of Luminex Corporation.