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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, 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 $45.71 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$19.05$19.05 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$20.89 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $17 to $91Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $46professional $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
$17.38
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.12

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 44th 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.