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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

North Carolina 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 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$9.55$7.76 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$9.55 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $42Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$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
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.49

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 48th of 51

$9.55

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.