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Rapid Strep Throat Test

Kansas 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.60$16.60 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$34.67 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $19 to $55Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $26
$10$20$50facility $36professional $17

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
$15.85
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
3 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
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.23

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 3rd of 51

$34.67

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.