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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Georgia 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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$10.47$8.51 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$12.30 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $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
$10.23
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$25.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.98

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 36th of 51

$11.75

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.