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Rapid Single-Step Immunoassay

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$7.94$7.24 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$14.45 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $9 to $98Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $63
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $31professional $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
$14.45
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.55

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 12th 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.