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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Oklahoma 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$10.96$9.33 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$12.02 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $9 to $79Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $14
$10$20$50$100$200facility $25professional $11

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
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.23

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 39th of 51

$12.02

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.