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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Colorado 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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 7 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$10.72$9.12 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$20.89 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $9 to $234Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $12
$10$20$50$100$200facility $42professional $11

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
$9.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.14
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$24.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.02

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. 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.

Colorado· 35th of 51

$12.30

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.