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Group A Strep Antigen Test, Laboratory Immunoassay

Nebraska 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$10.00$10.00 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$24.55 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $11 to $85Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $34
$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $10

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
$11.75
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$46.77
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$30.90
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$33.88

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 29th of 51

$14.79

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.