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Rapid Strep Throat Test

Missouri 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$11.22 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$18.20 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $78Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $29
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $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
$14.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
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
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.80

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 18th of 51

$18.20

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.