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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Arkansas 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 4 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$10.00$9.77 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$14.45 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $22Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $19
$10$20facility $19professional $10

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
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.98

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 16th of 51

$14.45

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.