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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Maine 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$15.14$11.48 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $93Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $21
$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $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
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$27.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$27.54

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 45th of 51

$9.77

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.