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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 July 2026.

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

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 8 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$10.47$9.77 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$35.48 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $12 to $155Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $14
$10$20$50$100$200facility $63professional $10

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
$13.80
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.13
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.99
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$91.20
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 6th of 51

$23.44

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.