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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Georgia 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 Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$17.78$14.79 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$19.50 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $46Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $18

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
$14.45
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$27.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$37.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$25.12

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 39th 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.