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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

New Jersey 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 7 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$10.23$8.91 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$21.38 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $14 to $170Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $38professional $10

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
$15.14
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.49
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.22

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 29th of 51

$14.45

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.