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Group A Strep Antigen Test, Laboratory Immunoassay

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87430

Checks a throat swab for proteins from group A streptococcus, the bacterium behind strep throat, using an instrument-read laboratory immunoassay. It is the laboratory version of the test rather than the strip read by eye during an office visit. Results generally come back the same day, so a decision about antibiotics need not wait for a culture to grow.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Group A Strep Antigen Test, Laboratory Immunoassay cost?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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 6 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$38.02$15.14 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$12.30 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $12 to $120Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $11 to $56
$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $38

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
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$51.29

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wyoming than in Connecticut. 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.

Alaska· 35th of 51

$16.60

WY $48.98CT $10.96

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.