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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$7.76$7.24 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$20.89 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $65Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $8

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
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$34.67
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$17.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 23rd 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.