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Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

How much does Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test cost?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$41.69$41.69 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$48.98 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $35 to $56Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $28 to $123
$20$50$100$200facility $55professional $42

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$109.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$204.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$123.03
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Ohio. 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· 8th of 51

$52.48

AK $89.13OH $27.54

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.