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Rapid Infection Test, Organism Not Listed

Montana 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$21.88$14.45 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$19.95 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $91Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $12 to $79
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $28professional $22

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
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$87,096.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$48.98
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$48.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$91.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.60

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$23.99

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.