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COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test

Missouri 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$45.71$38.90 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$45.71 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $35 to $98Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $21 to $91
$10$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $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
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$51.29

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 10th of 51

$51.29

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.