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Rapid Infection Antigen Test

Maryland 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 6 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$10.00$9.12 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$9.77 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $115Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $47
$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $10

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
$7.24
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$46.77
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$14.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.95

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$10.00

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.