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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87449

This laboratory test uses an immunoassay method to detect a specific antigen, a marker protein, from an infection-causing organism in a patient sample. It offers a faster result than growing the organism in a culture and is used when a doctor needs to quickly confirm or rule out a particular infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ cost?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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$16.98$10.96 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$10.96 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $11 to $85Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $40
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $12professional $17

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
$17.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$38.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$58.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$51.29

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $12.02 · 37th of 51
WV $43.65DC $8.91

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.