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Antigen Test For A Specific Infection

Washington 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$16.60$11.48 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$20.42 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $18 to $50Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$10$20$50facility $28professional $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
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$50.12
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$37.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$50.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$20.42
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$33.11
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
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.89

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 28th of 51

$17.38

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.