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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87850

A rapid laboratory test that looks directly for a specific germ in a sample taken from the affected site. Material from the organism sticks to a reagent and produces a color change that is read by eye, so an answer is available quickly rather than after days of growing a culture.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism cost?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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$74.13$28.18 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$17.78 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $18 to $107Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $22 to $98
$10$20$50$100$200facility $18professional $74

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
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$24.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$79.43
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$97.72
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$81.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Alaska· 21st of 51

$24.55

ND $37.15CT $12.59

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.