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Rapid Infection Test, Organism Not Listed

Massachusetts 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 9 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$16.22$13.18 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$21.88 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $14 to $91Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200facility $32professional $16

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
$16.22
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.91
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$75.86
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$41.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$36.31
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$75.86
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$75.86
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$37.15

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 31st of 51

$19.05

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.