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Group A Strep Antigen Test, Laboratory Immunoassay

New Hampshire 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$10.96$10.00 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$30.90 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $22 to $87Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $42
$10$20$50$100facility $54professional $11

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
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$47.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.42
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 23rd of 51

$16.60

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.