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Rapid Infection Test, Organism Not Listed

Maryland 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $10.23 to $12.88.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $16
$10$20facility $12professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.30
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.49
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
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
$5.89
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 44th of 51

$12.02

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.