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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Kansas 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 Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$21.38$18.62 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$26.30 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $19 to $60Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $16 to $33
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $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
$22.91
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$25.70

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 16th 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.