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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Virginia 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.32$7.24 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$12.02 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $59Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $19professional $8

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
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.02
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
$4.47
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.24

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th of 51

$10.72

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.