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Rapid Strep Throat Test

Tennessee 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $10.96 to $19.95.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $11 to $48Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$10$20$50facility $30professional $14

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
$12.30
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.91
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.60
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.70

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 32nd of 51

$15.49

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.