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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Minnesota 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$13.49$11.22 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$14.13 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $11 to $363Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $27
$10$20$50$100$200facility $87professional $13

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
$11.22
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$87.10
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.18
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
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.88

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$17.38

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.