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RSV Rapid Antigen Test

Colorado 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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 7 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$10.96$10.47 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$23.99 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $11 to $151Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $14
$10$20$50$100$200facility $48professional $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
$10.47
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.22
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$28.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.49

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 24th of 51

$13.80

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.