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Rapid Test For An Infection

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 87809

A quick test that looks for material shed by a specific infectious organism directly in a sample and is read by eye, usually within minutes, without being sent away for analysis. It is used where a fast answer changes what happens next, such as during a clinic visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Test For An Infection cost?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 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 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$21.88$14.45 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$26.30 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $14 to $145Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $145
$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $22

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
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$43.65

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Nebraska than in Connecticut. 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.

Nebraska· 1st of 51

$35.48

NE $35.48CT $12.30

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.