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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Kentucky 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.77$8.51 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$10.00 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $10

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
$10.00
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.85
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.49
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
$4.79
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.40

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 44th of 51

$10.00

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.