Rapid strep test cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 10 hospitals list a cash price for rapid strep A antigen test from a throat swab, read visually: from $16.00 to $263.58, with a median of $70.75. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph Medical Center and 2 other hospitals — $54.75 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $45.01 at 52 hospitals.
- The median here, $70.75, is 20% above the US median of $59.00.
- That is 4.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($16.53).
- Kansas City, MO ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Missouri by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 8 cities for code 87880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 17, 2026 and Jul 9, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Medical Center lowest Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Strep A Assay W/Optic File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $191.61 | $14.05–$191.61 | 92% |
| Saint John Hospital lowest Leavenworth, KS · (913) 680-6000 Hc Strep A Assay W/Optic File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $218.55 | $14.05–$174.84 | 93% |
| Providence Medical Center lowest Kansas City, KS · (913) 596-4000 Hc Strep A Assay W/Optic File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $218.55 | $10.01–$201.94 | 93% |
| Liberty Hospital Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 STREP SCR GRP A +1 more line at this price File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $40.00 | $144.00 | $40.18–$117.50 | 72% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 STREP SCREEN File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $45.50 | $65.00 | $16.53–$55.25 | 30% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 RAPID ANTIGEN STREP TEST GROUP A File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $96.00 | $200.00 | $14.75–$180.00 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 RAPID ANTIGEN STREP TEST GROUP A File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $96.00 | $200.00 | $14.75–$180.00 | 52% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 RAPID STREP SCREEN File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $97.68 | $139.53 | $16.53–$118.60 | 30% |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 87880 STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $105.70 | $151.00 | $16.53–$146.32 | 30% |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC STREP A RAPID SCREEN, DIRECT OPTICAL OBSERVATION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $263.58 | $263.58 | — | — |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC STREP A RAPID SCREEN, DIRECT OPTICAL OBSERVATION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $263.58 | $263.58 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $16.00, median $70.75, highest $263.58 — a 16.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $96.00. 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 8 of 8 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.
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