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Molecular Strep Throat Test

Illinois rates for HCPCS 87651

This laboratory test detects the genetic material of group A streptococcus bacteria, the germ that causes strep throat, using a rapid DNA-based method. It gives a more sensitive result than a traditional rapid antigen test and is typically run on a throat swab.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Molecular Strep Throat Test cost?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$35.48$3.80 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$42.66 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $35 to $204Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $3 to $55
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $71professional $35

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
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$74.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$141.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
5 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Minnesota than in Maryland. 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.

Illinois· 39th of 51

$35.48

MN $95.50MD $28.18

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.