Lab tests CPT 87880 Outpatient

Rapid strep test cost in Orangeburg, SC

In Orangeburg, SC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for rapid strep A antigen test from a throat swab, read visually: from $113.00 to $113.00, with a median of $113.00. Across South Carolina, the median is $113.00 at 15 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$113.00Medical University Hospital Authority
Median$113.00half pay less
Highest$113.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Orangeburg, SC.

median
Lowest $113.00Highest $113.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Medical University Hospital Authority lowest Orangeburg, SC HB RAPID STREP TEST $113.00 $226.00 — 50% —
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Medical University Hospital Authority lowest Orangeburg, SC HB STREP A ASSAY WITH OPTICAL $113.00 $226.00 — 50% —
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Outpatient: lowest $113.00, median $113.00, highest $113.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $113.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.