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Rapid Test for a Specific Infection-Causing Germ

Wyoming 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.60$15.14 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$9.77 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $145Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $38
$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $17

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
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 12th of 51

$15.14

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.