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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Montana 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$12.02$7.24 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$17.78 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $16 to $35Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $21
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $12

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
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$67.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.02

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 11th of 51

$16.22

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.