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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Ohio 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 Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 9 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$9.55$7.24 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$14.45 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $12 to $155Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$10$20$50$100$200facility $31professional $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
$12.02
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$13.80
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.91
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$141.25
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.79
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.60

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 23rd 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.