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COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87426

This test checks a sample, usually from a nasal or throat swab, for viral proteins from the virus that causes COVID-19. It is a fast method for detecting an active infection, though it is generally considered somewhat less sensitive than molecular PCR-based testing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test cost?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$45.71$45.71 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$17.78 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $11 to $71Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $35 to $47
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $46

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
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$46.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$47.86

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Wyoming than in Oklahoma. 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.

Alabama· 33rd of 51

$45.71

WY $70.79OK $40.74

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.