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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Illinois 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$9.33$7.24 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$16.22 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $13 to $74Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $26professional $9

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
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$125.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.80
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.40

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 31st of 51

$11.75

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.