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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Nebraska 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$16.22$16.22 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$24.55 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $15 to $145Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $15 to $162
$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $16

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
$35.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.92
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$50.12
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$48.98

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$33.11

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.