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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Maine 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$12.59$9.77 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$12.59 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $107Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$57.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.44

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 23rd of 51

$12.59

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.