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Influenza Antigen Test (A or B)

North Dakota 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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$19.95$11.22 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$10.00 to $13.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $43
$10$20$50facility $10professional $20

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
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.42

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 12th of 51

$18.20

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.