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COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test

Oklahoma 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$19.95 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$32.36 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $25 to $95Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $19 to $45
$20$50$100facility $42professional $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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.92
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$37.15

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 41st of 51

$33.88

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.