Rapid flu test cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 13 hospitals list a cash price for rapid flu test (influenza antigen): from $12.00 to $1,877.79, with a median of $68.00. The lowest listed price is at Liberty Hospital — $56.00 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $59.21 at 53 hospitals.
- The median here, $68.00, is 13% above the US median of $60.40.
- That is 4.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($16.55).
- Kansas City, MO has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Missouri with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 7 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 11 cities for code 87804, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hospital lowest Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 LAB INFLUENZA IA W DO +2 more lines at this price File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $12.00 | $46.00 | $12.83–$37.54 | 74% |
| St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Detect Agent,Immun,Dir Obs,Influenza File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $191.61 | $14.89–$191.61 | 92% |
| Saint John Hospital Leavenworth, KS · (913) 680-6000 Hc Detect Agent,Immun,Dir Obs,Influenza File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $218.55 | $14.89–$174.84 | 93% |
| Providence Medical Center Kansas City, KS · (913) 596-4000 Hc Detect Agent,Immun,Dir Obs,Influenza File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $218.55 | $14.89–$201.94 | 93% |
| NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 Influ B+1 more line at this price File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $48.43 | $167.00 | $15.35–$136.61 | 71% |
| Lee's Summit Medical Center Lee's Summit, MO · (816) 282-5000 FLU VIRUS A/B AG OIA+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $59.21 | $59.21 | $7.70–$50.33 | — |
| Menorah Medical Center Overland Park, KS · (913) 498-6000 FLU VIRUS A/B AG OIA+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $68.00 | $68.00 | $8.84–$54.40 | — |
| Lafayette Regional Health Center Lexington, MO · (660) 259-2203 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical (ie, visual) observation; Influenza +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $78.00 | $78.00 | $14.51–$78.00 | — |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 INFLUENZA B 87804+1 more line at this price File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $105.70 | $151.00 | $16.55–$146.32 | 30% |
| Centerpoint Medical Center Independence, MO · (816) 698-7000 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical (ie, visual) observation; Influenza +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $548.98 | $548.98 | $8.93–$494.08 | — |
| Research Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 276-4000 FLU VIRUS A/B AG OIA+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,597.57 | $1,597.57 | $8.93–$1,597.57 | — |
| Belton Regional Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 348-1200 FLU VIRUS A/B AG OIA+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,703.51 | $1,703.51 | $8.93–$1,533.16 | — |
| Overland Park Regional Medical Center Olathe, KS · (913) 541-5000 FLU VIRUS A/B AG OIA File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,877.79 | $1,877.79 | $244.11–$1,408.34 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $12.00, median $68.00, highest $1,877.79 — a 156.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $48.43. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 6 of 13 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What rapid flu test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Rapid flu test explained.