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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 October 2026.

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

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$14.45$11.22 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$20.42 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $12 to $78Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $14

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
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$42.66
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$34.67
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$25.70

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 4th of 51

$22.91

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.