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Rapid Single-Step Immunoassay

Alaska rates for HCPCS 83518

A quick laboratory test that uses antibodies fixed on a strip or cartridge to detect a substance in a sample. The result appears in one step, as a line or color change, giving a yes-or-no or rough-level answer rather than an exact measurement. What is being looked for depends on what the doctor ordered.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Single-Step Immunoassay cost?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.88$9.55 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$10.47 to $10.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $46Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $9 to $39
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $22

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$30.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$54.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$56.23

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 20th of 51

$10.47

SD $18.62DC $7.24

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.