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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Massachusetts 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 8 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$12.59$12.02 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$17.38 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $11 to $54Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $39
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $30professional $13

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
$10.96
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$51.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$70.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$34.67
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$70.79
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.20

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$15.14

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.