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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Arkansas 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$18.62$10.23 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$21.88 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $38Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $31
$10$20$50facility $28professional $19

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
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.98

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 33rd of 51

$20.89

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.