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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 July 2026.

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

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 6 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$19.50$7.94 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$31.62 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $15 to $132Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $7 to $79
$10$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $19

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
$26.92
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$23.99

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$40.74

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.