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Influenza Antigen Test (A or B)

New Jersey 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 6 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$11.22$9.77 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$21.38 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $14 to $151Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $45
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $31professional $11

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
$18.20
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$69.18
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.49
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 26th of 51

$16.60

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.