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Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test

South Carolina 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 7 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$41.69$41.69 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$44.67 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $42 to $132Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $42 to $145
$20$50$100$200facility $60professional $42

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
$41.69
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$144.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$50.12

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.5 times more in Wyoming 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.

South Carolina· 17th of 51

$44.67

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.