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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$24.55$22.91 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$24.55 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $25 to $178Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $19 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200facility $65professional $25

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
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$177.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$54.95

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 20th 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.