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Rapid Strep Throat Test

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$19.05$15.49 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$35.48 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $17 to $78Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $47professional $19

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
$15.49
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$120.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$38.90
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.98

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd 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.