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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $33.88 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$12.02 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$12.59 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $13 to $93Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $18
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$93.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.18

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 27th 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.