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Rapid Infection Test, Organism Not Listed

Illinois 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 October 2026.

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

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$12.30$9.33 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$21.88 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $16 to $93Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $3 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $12

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
$13.80
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$104.71
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.98
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
$6.61
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.24

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 3.5 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.

Illinois· 25th of 51

$15.85

AK $36.31AL $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.