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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Utah 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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$12.02$9.77 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$15.14 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $15 to $107Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$10$20$50$100facility $59professional $12

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
$15.14
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.91
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$53.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.60

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 22nd of 51

$12.88

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.