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Antigen Test For A Specific Infection

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 87380

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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $10.96 to $23.99.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $48Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $25
$10$20$50facility $25professional $13

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
$12.30
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$32.36
2 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
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Kansas than in Alabama. 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.

Connecticut· 31st of 51

$16.98

KS $42.66AL $10.47

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.