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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Louisiana 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$27.54$18.62 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$26.30 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $25 to $83Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $11 to $34
$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $28

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
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$22.39

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$29.51

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.