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Group A Strep Antigen Test, Laboratory Immunoassay

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$8.32 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$19.05 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $26Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$10$20$50facility $19professional $15

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
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$23.99
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.98
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
$6.46
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.6 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.

Arkansas· 15th of 51

$19.05

AK $38.02AL $10.47

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.