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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 July 2026.

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

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 5 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$9.33 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$29.51 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $12 to $316Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $87
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $50professional $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
$51.29
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 4th of 51

$29.51

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.