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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

South Carolina 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$19.95$10.47 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$25.70 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $17 to $112Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$10$20$50$100$200facility $39professional $20

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
$9.33
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.91

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$20.89

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.