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Rapid Antigen Test For One Organism

Wyoming 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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 4 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$30.90$30.90 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$20.42 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $49Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $18 to $79
$10$20$50facility $25professional $31

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.20

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 5th of 51

$30.90

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.