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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Nebraska 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$30.20$8.32 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$15.85 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $8 to $145Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $8 to $83
$5$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $30

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
$25.70
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$25.70

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 1st of 51

$30.20

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.