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Influenza A Rapid Antigen Test

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 87276

A patient sample, typically from a nasal swab, is treated with a fluorescent-tagged antibody and examined under a specialized microscope to detect influenza A virus. This method looks directly for viral particles in the sample rather than growing the virus in culture, giving a relatively fast result. It specifically identifies the influenza A type, as distinguished from influenza B.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Influenza A Rapid Antigen Test cost?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$10.96 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$14.45 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $12 to $49Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $43
$10$100$1Kfacility $22professional $16

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$22.39
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$46.77
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$63.10
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$54.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$46.77
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$33.88
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$16.22

AK $36.31KY $10.23

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.