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Rapid Single-Step Immunoassay

Idaho 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 7 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$9.55$9.12 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$9.55 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $35Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $10

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
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$34.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$25.70
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.80

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 14th of 51

$10.96

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.