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Group A Strep Antigen Test, Laboratory Immunoassay

Alabama 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$14.45$11.22 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$14.13 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $74Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26
$10$20$50$100$200facility $19professional $14

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
$16.98
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.60

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 33rd of 51

$16.98

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.