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Rapid Test For Group B Strep

Washington 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 Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 9 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$11.48 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$13.49 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $54Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$12.02
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$83.18
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$34.67
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.50
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.70
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.45
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$34.67
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$34.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$22.91

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 29th 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.