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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Idaho 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$12.02$11.22 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$30.90 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $18 to $87Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $26
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $51professional $12

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
$30.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$42.66
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$29.51
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.95

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 5th of 51

$27.54

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.