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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Missouri 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 Missouri, 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 $32.36 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$21.38$12.30 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$24.55 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $21 to $58Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $37
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $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
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.84

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 17th 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.