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Rapid Strep Throat Test

Delaware 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 July 2026.

How much does Rapid Strep Throat Test cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$13.80$13.18 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$19.05 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $19 to $129Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $50
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $14

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
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.99
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in West Virginia than in Delaware. 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.

Delaware· 51st of 51

$13.80

WV $72.44DE $13.80

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.