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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Michigan 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 July 2026.

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

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.48$10.72 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$11.48 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $55Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $15
$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$20.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.39
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.49

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. 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.

Michigan· 45th of 51

$12.02

WV $43.65DC $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.