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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 October 2026.

How much does Rapid Infection Antigen Test cost?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.95$13.18 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$31.62 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $20 to $85Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $20

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
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60
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
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.14

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 3rd of 51

$28.18

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.