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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Louisiana 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$15.14$12.30 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$15.49 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $47Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $24
$10$20$50facility $17professional $15

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
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.99
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.98

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$15.49

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.