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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Alabama 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 4 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$20.89$16.22 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$11.75 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50facility $19professional $21

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
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.60

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 40th of 51

$19.95

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.