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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Mississippi 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 4 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$26.30$18.62 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$21.88 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $16 to $45Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $12 to $50
$10$20$50facility $30professional $26

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
$24.55
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$37.15

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 11th of 51

$26.30

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.