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Molecular Strep Throat Test

Nevada 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 Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$29.51$17.38 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$35.48 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $35 to $126Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $17 to $58
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $41professional $30

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
$33.11
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$79.43

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 34th 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.