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COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test cost?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.92$19.05 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$42.66 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $25 to $166Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $18 to $50
$20$50$100$200facility $78professional $27

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$43.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$35.48
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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· 22nd of 51

$41.69

AK $79.43AL $17.78

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.