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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Hawaii 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.02 to $22.39.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $98Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $18

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
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$29.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 17th of 51

$16.60

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.