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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 October 2026.

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

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.77$7.41 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$13.18 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $26Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $10

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
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.85
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98
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
$5.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.24

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$10.72

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.