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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Washington 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 9 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$22.91$19.95 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$25.70 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $25 to $102Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $10 to $36
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $23

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
$22.91
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$162.18
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$67.61
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$50.12
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$50.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$66.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$24.55
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$44.67

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 15th of 51

$24.55

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.