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Rapid Strep Throat Test

Colorado rates for HCPCS 87880

A swab sample from the throat is tested using a rapid immunoassay kit to check for the bacteria that cause strep throat, with results available quickly in the office rather than waiting for a throat culture to grow. A positive result can help a clinician decide whether antibiotics are needed right away.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Rapid Strep Throat Test cost?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$10.00 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$24.55 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $13 to $76Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $48professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.05
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$24.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Colorado· 19th of 51

$17.38

AK $54.95AL $10.47

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.