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Antigen Test For A Specific Infection

South Carolina 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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$25.70$18.20 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$43.65 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $25 to $102Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $12 to $41
$10$20$50$100facility $52professional $26

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
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.91
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
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.95

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$26.92

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.