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Rapid Strep Throat Test

Georgia 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$13.18$6.76 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$16.22 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $58Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $20professional $13

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
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
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
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.60

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 34th of 51

$15.14

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.