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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Indiana 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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$7.76$5.62 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$11.75 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $36Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $12professional $8

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
$9.77
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$32.36
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.45
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$13.49

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 49th of 51

$9.55

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.