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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Iowa 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$9.33 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$14.79 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $37Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $12

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
$9.33
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$31.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.60
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$14.45

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.