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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 5 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$8.51 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$19.05 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $151Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $32
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $28professional $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
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.49
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.22

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 26th 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.