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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 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 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$9.55$8.91 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$24.55 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $11 to $93Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$10$20$50$100facility $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
$13.18
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.60

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 44th 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.