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Influenza Antigen Test (A or B)

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 87400

A laboratory test on a swab from the nose or throat that looks for proteins from the influenza virus to confirm flu. Influenza A and influenza B are looked for separately, so a result is reported for each type checked.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Influenza Antigen Test (A or B) cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 8 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$14.13$13.18 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$18.20 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $11 to $62Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $40
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $30professional $14

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
$10.96
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$51.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$81.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$24.55
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.99
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$81.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$32.36

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.8 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$16.98

NE $61.66DC $10.72

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.