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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 July 2026.

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

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 6 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$12.02 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$60.26 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $47 to $93Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $78
$10$20$50$100$200facility $66professional $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
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$77.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 3rd of 51

$53.70

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.