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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Michigan 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 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$22.39$18.62 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$23.44 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $22 to $43Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $15 to $26
$10$20$50facility $23professional $22

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
$22.39
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$29.51
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.60

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 25th of 51

$23.44

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.