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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Kentucky 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $12.59 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 5 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$5.89 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.59$10.47 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $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
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.22
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$10.23

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.