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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Tennessee 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$9.55$9.55 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$10.72 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $51Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $15
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.50
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.98

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 49th of 51

$10.00

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.