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Rapid Single-Step Immunoassay

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 5 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$7.76$6.61 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$12.88 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $117Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $20professional $8

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
$12.30
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.55
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 15th 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.