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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Maryland 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $141 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$18.62$16.22 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$15.49 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $9 to $141Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $47
$10$20$50$100facility $141professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$46.77
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$43.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.98
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$18.62

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.