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Rapid Infection Test, Organism Not Listed

Colorado rates for HCPCS 87899

A rapid laboratory test that looks for material from an infecting organism in a sample and is read by direct observation. It is used when the organism being sought has no standard named test of its own, so the laboratory reports it under a general heading.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Infection Test, Organism Not Listed cost?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.59$12.30 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$30.90 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $16 to $251Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $18
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $56professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$18.62
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.22

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in West Virginia than in Delaware. 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.

Colorado· 27th of 51

$19.50

WV $129DE $13.49

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.