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Antigen Test For A Specific Infection

Montana rates for HCPCS 87301

A laboratory test that detects an infectious organism directly in a sample, using antibodies that latch onto part of the organism itself. Because it looks for the organism rather than the body's response to it, a positive result points to infection at the time the sample was taken.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antigen Test For A Specific Infection cost?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.22$7.24 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$17.78 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $17 to $28Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $5 to $21
$10$20$50facility $20professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$35.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.02

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Montana· 7th of 51

$17.38

KS $38.02NJ $8.51

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.