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Rapid Strep Throat Test

Florida 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.48$9.77 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$13.49 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $12 to $31Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $35
$10$20$50facility $31professional $11

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
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.12
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.12
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$54.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
2 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
$4.90
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.69

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 40th of 51

$14.13

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.