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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Florida 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 October 2026.

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

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.77$7.24 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$12.30 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $11 to $63Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $35
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $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
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.99
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$77.62
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$54.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
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
$4.79
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.24

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Vermont than in New Jersey. 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.

Florida· 27th of 51

$12.02

VT $48.98NJ $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.