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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87802

A rapid laboratory test on a swab sample that looks for group B streptococcus bacteria by producing a color change visible to the eye. These bacteria often live harmlessly in the body but can be passed to a baby during birth, so knowing whether they are present guides care.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Test For Group B Strep cost?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $6.76 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.84$12.59 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.76$6.76 to $12.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $62Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $12 to $51
$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $29

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.20
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$40.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$77.62
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$81.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 25th of 51

$12.59

NE $30.20DC $9.55

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.