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Rapid Infection Test, Organism Not Listed

Kentucky 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 5 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$12.88$8.51 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$16.22 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $468Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $28professional $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
$13.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$15.85
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.39
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$14.79

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.