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RSV Rapid Antigen Test

Arizona rates for HCPCS 87420

This test checks a nasal or respiratory sample for proteins from respiratory syncytial virus, commonly called RSV, using a rapid immune-based method. It helps quickly identify RSV as the cause of cold-like or breathing symptoms, which is especially useful in infants, young children, and older adults who are more vulnerable to this virus. A positive result confirms current infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does RSV Rapid Antigen Test cost?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$11.22$9.33 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$16.60 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $11 to $66Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $65
$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $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
$16.60
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$83.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Hawaii 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.

Arizona· 31st of 51

$13.49

HI $25.70DC $10.47

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.