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Rapid Infection Antigen Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87385

This laboratory test detects a specific infection-causing organism directly in a urine sample by finding pieces of the organism itself rather than growing it in a culture. Because it doesn't require waiting for growth, it can often give a faster result than traditional culture-based testing. It's ordered when a doctor suspects a specific infection and wants a quicker answer than a culture would provide.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Infection Antigen Test cost?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.22$9.77 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$12.02 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $60Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $15professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$13.18

NE $39.81DC $10.00

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.