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Rapid Infection Antigen Test

Montana 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$16.98$15.14 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$16.98 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $17 to $76Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $87
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $20professional $17

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
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$39.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$39.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.60

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 16th of 51

$17.78

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.