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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Rhode Island 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 4 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$9.55 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$19.50 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $15 to $83Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$10$20$50facility $49professional $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
$36.31
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.44

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 11th of 51

$15.14

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.