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Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test

New Jersey 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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$28.84 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$41.69 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $42 to $182Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $28 to $63
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $91professional $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
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$912.01
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$91.20
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$331.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 41st of 51

$41.69

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.