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Rapid Strep Throat Test

Michigan 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$16.60$14.45 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$15.85 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $78Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $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
$15.85
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.99
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$30.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$40.74
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$16.60

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.