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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

New Hampshire 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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 5 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$16.98$13.49 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$42.66 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $35 to $138Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $51
$10$20$50$100facility $48professional $17

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
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$70.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$54.95

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 2nd of 51

$34.67

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.