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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Nevada 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$19.05$16.22 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$20.42 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $19 to $132Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $19

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
$19.05
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$35.48
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$39.81
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$36.31

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 42nd of 51

$19.50

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.