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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Pennsylvania 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 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 8 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$10.00 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$15.49 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $11 to $72Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $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
$10.72
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.50
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$18.62
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$31.62
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$114.82
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.50

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 32nd of 51

$12.02

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.