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Antigen Test For A Specific Infection

Massachusetts 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$16.98$10.96 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$16.60 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $58Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $48
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $26professional $17

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
$10.72
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$53.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$70.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$63.10
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$53.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$38.90
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$32.36
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.80
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
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 26th of 51

$18.20

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.