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Rapid Single-Step Immunoassay

Minnesota 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$11.22$9.55 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$9.55 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $10 to $76Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $58
$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $11

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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.05
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$70.79
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.38

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 13th of 51

$11.22

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.