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Strep test cost in New York without insurance

In New York, the median cash price for Rapid strep test is $40.00 across 97 hospitals, from $9.10 to $273.24. The lowest is at Samaritan Hospital (Troy). The US median is $59.13.

New York law (Public Health Law §2807-k(9-a), as amended in October 2024): uninsured patients with income below 200% of the federal poverty level owe nothing for emergency and medically necessary hospital care; up to 400% they pay on a sliding scale of at most 10% or 20% of what Medicaid would pay. Emergency care is covered for New York residents, other care for people living in the hospital's service area; immigration status does not count. Ask for the Uniform Hospital Financial Assistance form. Other states' laws.

A strep test checks a throat swab for the bacteria that cause strep throat. The rapid test (87880) gives a result in minutes in the office. If it is negative in a child, doctors often send a throat culture (87070) to confirm, which takes a day or two. The test price is separate from the visit, so the total depends on where you go.

Collected Oct 24, 2026 One price per hospital: its lowest outpatient cash price for the code

Strep test prices in New York by type

87880 is the rapid strep antigen test and is used in the state table. 87070 is a bacterial culture of a throat or other swab, used to confirm a negative rapid test.

ProcedureHospitalsRangeMedianUS median
Rapid strep test Rapid strep A antigen test from a throat swab, read visually · code 87880 97 $9.10–$273.24 $40.00 $59.13
Bacterial culture (wound) Bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid) · code 87070 110 $8.62–$485.00 $31.91 $67.50
Procedure The service and its billing code (CPT or HCPCS). Opens the comparison of every hospital that prices it. More
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Middle 80% Cash prices of most hospitals: a tenth of hospitals charge less than the first number (P10), a tenth charge more than the second (P90). More
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
US median The median cash price across all US hospitals that publish one for this code.

Outpatient cash prices in New York. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest cash price for the code; prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Pick a procedure to compare every hospital in the state.

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Paying cash: what to do

  • Ask for the price of the test and the visit separately; urgent care and clinics often quote them together.
  • A clinic or urgent care center usually costs much less than an emergency room for the same test.
  • A negative rapid test in a child often leads to a second charge for the culture, so ask about it up front.