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Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87811

A sample from the nose or throat is tested with a rapid immunoassay kit that produces a visible result, similar to a home test but read and reported by a laboratory or clinician, to check for current infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. Results are typically available much faster than tests that require sending the sample to an outside lab for genetic analysis.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test cost?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$48.98$41.69 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$41.69 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $42 to $155Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $42 to $123
$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $89professional $49

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
$83.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$51.29
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$131.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$114.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$154.88

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.5 times more in Wyoming than in Ohio. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $60.26 · 2nd of 51
WY $64.57OH $41.69

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.