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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Nebraska 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$7.24$7.24 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$17.78 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $98Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $28professional $7

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
$8.51
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$46.77
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.88
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$23.99
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 21st of 51

$13.18

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.