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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

North Carolina 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 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 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$10.23$10.23 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.59$10.23 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $43Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $17
$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
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.60
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$10.72

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.