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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

New Mexico 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.77$7.41 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$18.62 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $11 to $110Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $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
$8.91
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.41

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 33rd of 51

$11.22

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.