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Rapid Infection Antigen Test

Virginia 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.12$6.46 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$13.18 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $63Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $19professional $9

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
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$10,232.93
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
$7.41
Typical High
$13.18
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
$5.01
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.34

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 45th of 51

$10.72

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.