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Molecular Strep Throat Test

Oklahoma 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$33.11$25.12 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$41.69 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $28 to $126Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $21 to $79
$20$50$100$200facility $65professional $33

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
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
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
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$43.65

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 40th of 51

$34.67

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.