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Rapid Infection Antigen Test

South Carolina 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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$10.23$10.23 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$22.39 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $10 to $240Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $20
$10$20$50$100$200facility $43professional $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
$10.23
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$12.02

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.