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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Montana 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$30.90$24.55 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$30.90 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $21 to $74Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $10 to $162
$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $31

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$74.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$74.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.60

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 6th of 51

$30.90

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.