Rapid strep test cost in Detroit, MI
In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 26 hospitals list a cash price for rapid strep A antigen test from a throat swab, read visually: from $15.35 to $158.25, with a median of $50.02. The lowest listed price is at Karmanos Cancer Center — $34.67 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $59.00 at 58 hospitals.
Cash prices at 26 facilities across 19 cities for code 87880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 2, 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karmanos Cancer Center lowest Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 RAPID STREP AG | $15.35 | $30.70 | $9.04–$27.69 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Karmanos Cancer Center lowest Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 STREP AG RFLX CULT W OPT | $15.35 | $30.70 | $9.04–$27.69 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Rochester, MI · (248) 652-5000 STREP SCREEN THROAT | $19.74 | $42.00 | $15.49–$19.63 | 53% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 916-2600 PR LAB STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC | $22.81 | $75.00 | $13.49–$24.21 | 70% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte, MI HB LAB STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC | $22.81 | $81.00 | $13.49–$22.81 | 72% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte, MI PR LAB STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC | $22.81 | $75.00 | $13.49–$24.85 | 70% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp, MI · (586) 263-2300 HB LAB STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC | $22.81 | $81.00 | $8.65–$59.44 | 72% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 916-2600 HB LAB STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC | $22.81 | $81.00 | $8.65–$58.13 | 72% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp, MI · (586) 263-2300 PR LAB STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC | $22.81 | $75.00 | $13.49–$24.90 | 70% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI · (248) 325-1000 HB LAB STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC | $22.81 | $81.00 | $8.65–$58.13 | 72% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI · (248) 325-1000 PR LAB STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC | $22.81 | $75.00 | $13.49–$24.89 | 70% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 STREPT GRP A DIRECT OBS | $30.80 | $55.00 | $10.04–$21.56 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Novi, MI STREPT GRP A DIRECT OBS | $30.80 | $55.00 | $10.85–$21.56 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Novi, MI STREPT GRP A DIRECT OBS | $30.80 | $55.00 | $10.85–$21.56 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 STREPT GRP A DIRECT OBS | $30.80 | $55.00 | $10.04–$21.56 | 44% | — source file |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI · (586) 493-8000 Rapid Strep | $33.65 | $67.30 | $9.04–$51.01 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 338-5000 Rapid Strep | $37.55 | $75.10 | $9.04–$54.16 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MI · (810) 667-5500 Rapid Strep | $40.70 | $81.40 | $9.04–$32.10 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 Rapid Strep | $45.50 | $91.00 | $9.04–$46.23 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 STREPTOCOCCUS, GROUP A | $49.84 | $89.00 | $10.91–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 RAPID STREP SCREEN | $49.84 | $89.00 | $10.91–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 RAPID STREP GROUP A SCREEN | $49.84 | $89.00 | $10.91–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 STREPTOCOCCUS, GROUP A | $49.84 | $89.00 | $10.91–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 RAPID STREP GROUP A SCREEN | $49.84 | $89.00 | $10.91–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 RAPID STREP SCREEN | $49.84 | $89.00 | $10.91–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 STREPTOCOCCUS, GROUP A | $50.19 | $89.63 | $16.36–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 STREPTOCOCCUS,GROUP A | $50.19 | $89.63 | $16.36–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 STREPTOCOCCUS,GROUP A | $50.19 | $89.63 | $16.36–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 STREPTOCOCCUS, GROUP A | $50.19 | $89.63 | $16.36–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 STREPTOCOCCUS, GROUP A | $54.88 | $98.00 | $16.36–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 STREPTOCOCCUS,GROUP A | $54.88 | $98.00 | $16.36–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 STREPTOCOCCUS, GROUP A | $54.88 | $98.00 | $16.36–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 STREPTOCOCCUS,GROUP A | $54.88 | $98.00 | $16.36–$22.10 | 44% | — source file |
| Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne, MI · (734) 467-4175 Hc Rapid Strep Screen | $76.00 | $76.00 | — | — | — source file |
| William Beaumont Hospital Troy, MI · (248) 964-8800 Hc Rapid Strep Screen | $76.00 | $76.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton, MI · (734) 671-3800 Hc Rapid Strep Screen | $76.00 | $76.00 | — | — | — source file |
| William Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe, MI · (313) 473-1000 Hc Rapid Strep Screen | $76.00 | $76.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor, MI · (313) 295-5000 Hc Rapid Strep Screen | $76.00 | $76.00 | — | — | — source file |
| VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MI · (313) 745-5437 STREP A IA DIRECT OBS | $87.75 | $117.00 | — | 25% | Apr 6, 2026 source file |
| VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 966-3300 STREP A IA DIRECT OBS | $118.50 | $158.00 | — | 25% | Apr 8, 2026 source file |
| VHS Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-2941 STREP A IA DIRECT OBS | $119.25 | $159.00 | — | 25% | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
| Harper University Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-6211 STREP A IA DIRECT OBS | $124.50 | $166.00 | $1.00–$16.53 | 25% | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
| Harper University Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-6211 STREP A IA DIRECT OBS | $124.50 | $166.00 | $1.00–$16.53 | 25% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| VHS Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Detroit, MI STREPTOCOCCUS A DIR OPT | $144.00 | $192.00 | — | 25% | Apr 8, 2026 source file |
| VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Commerce Charter Twp, MI · (248) 937-3370 STREP A IA DIRECT OBS | $158.25 | $211.00 | $1.00–$16.53 | 25% | May 20, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $15.35, median $50.02, highest $158.25 — a 10.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $76.00. 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 7 of 17 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 it is
A rapid strep test checks a throat swab for group A strep bacteria, the cause of strep throat, and gives a result in minutes. It helps the clinician decide whether antibiotics are needed.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the rapid test only. The visit is billed separately, and a backup throat culture, if done, has its own charge.