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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Arizona 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 Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 5 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$19.50$16.60 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$24.55 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $17 to $107Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $7 to $162
$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $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
$24.55
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.60

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 36th 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.