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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 October 2026.

How much does Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ cost?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$8.91$6.92 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$14.13 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $42Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$10$20$50facility $21professional $9

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
$11.22
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.23

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 32nd of 51

$11.48

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.