Rapid strep test cost in Philadelphia, PA
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 19 hospitals list a cash price for rapid strep A antigen test from a throat swab, read visually: from $10.50 to $212.40, with a median of $37.29. The lowest listed price is at Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton and 4 other hospitals — $26.79 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $63.30 at 80 hospitals.
- The median here, $37.29, is 37% below the US median of $59.00.
- That is 2.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($16.53).
- Philadelphia, PA has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 5 of 19 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 19 facilities across 16 cities for code 87880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 26, 2026 and Sep 21, 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Rapid Strep - Strep Group A File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $10.50 | $105.00 | $15.87–$167.01 | 90% |
| Virtua Memorial Hospital lowest Mount Holly, NJ · (609) 267-0700 HC Rapid Strep - Strep Group A File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $10.50 | $105.00 | $15.87–$167.01 | 90% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Voorhees lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Rapid Strep - Strep Group A+1 more line at this price File of Jun 1, 2026 · source file | $10.50 | $105.00 | $15.87–$167.01 | 90% |
| Virtua Willingboro Hospital lowest Willinboro, NJ · (609) 835-2900 HC Rapid Strep - Strep Group A File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $10.50 | $105.00 | $15.87–$167.01 | 90% |
| Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes lowest Camden, NJ · (856) 886-5373 HC Rapid Strep - Strep Group A File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $10.50 | $105.00 | $15.87–$167.01 | 90% |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 483-9900 Hc Strep A Assay W/Optic File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $149.00 | $6.30–$144.53 | 89% |
| Lower Bucks Hospital Bristol, PA · (215) 785-9200 Hc Strep A Assay W/Optic File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $147.00 | $6.30–$117.60 | 89% |
| St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 421-4100 HC Infectious Agent Antigen Immunoassay Direct Optical Observation Streptococcus A File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $37.05 | $57.00 | $16.20–$163.12 | 35% |
| Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ STREP A TEST File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $37.29 | $37.29 | $6.28–$55.15 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ · (856) 363-1000 STREP A TEST File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $37.29 | $37.29 | $7.54–$55.15 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ · (856) 363-1000 STREP A TEST File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $37.29 | $37.29 | $7.54–$55.15 | — |
| Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ STREP A TEST File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $37.29 | $37.29 | $7.13–$55.15 | — |
| Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center Meadowbrook, PA · (215) 947-3000 Rapid Strep A Antigen File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $40.63 | $67.71 | $16.53–$43.64 | 40% |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC Infectious Agent Antigen Immunoassay Direct Optical Observation Streptococcus A File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $91.65 | $141.00 | $8.51–$153.97 | 35% |
| Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 335-6000 HC Infectious Agent Antigen Immunoassay Direct Optical Observation Streptococcus A File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $91.65 | $141.00 | $9.14–$473.55 | 35% |
| St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · (215) 750-2003 HC Infectious Agent Antigen Immunoassay Direct Optical Observation Streptococcus A File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $91.65 | $141.00 | $7.25–$133.95 | 35% |
| Shriners Childrens - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 430-4000 STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $105.90 | $105.90 | $6.30–$23.14 | — |
| St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus Sellersville, PA · (215) 453-4000 HB STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $212.40 | $236.00 | $7.56–$724.50 | 10% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown, PA · (267) 985-1000 HB STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $212.40 | $236.00 | $6.30–$195.46 | 10% |
Outpatient: lowest $10.50, median $37.29, highest $212.40 — a 20.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $40.63. 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 17 of 19 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 5 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 strep test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Rapid strep test explained.