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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Tennessee 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$18.62$18.62 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$19.95 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $15 to $87Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $25
$5$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $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
$18.62
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$33.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$21.88

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 49th of 51

$18.62

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.