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Rapid Infection Test, Organism Not Listed

Minnesota 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.62$15.14 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$22.39 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $15 to $200Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200facility $62professional $19

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
$15.14
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$120.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.02
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.89

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$23.44

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.