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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Vermont 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$14.79$9.55 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$89.13 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $49 to $240Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$20$50$100$200facility $148professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$25.70

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 1st of 51

$48.98

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.