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Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test

New Hampshire 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$41.69$26.92 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$70.79 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $42 to $195Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $27 to $91
$20$50$100$200facility $79professional $42

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$169.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 20th of 51

$43.65

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.