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Rapid Infection Antigen Test

Colorado 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 October 2026.

How much does Rapid Infection Antigen Test cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.23$9.12 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$23.44 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $10 to $60Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $24
$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $10

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
$10.00
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.05
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$24.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$51.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.72
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
$4.90
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.63

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$13.80

KS $34.67NJ $9.33

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.