Lab tests CPT 87880 Outpatient

Rapid strep test cost in Friona, TX

In Friona, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for rapid strep A antigen test from a throat swab, read visually: from $29.40 to $29.40, with a median of $29.40. Across Texas, the median is $99.66 at 221 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$29.40Parmer County Community Hospital

Median$29.40half of hospitals charge less

Highest$29.40in 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 Friona, TX.

median

Lowest $29.40Highest $54.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Parmer County Community Hospital lowest Friona, TX · (806) 250-2754 STREP A SCREEN W/OPTIC source file	$29.40	$42.00	$94.00	30%
Parmer County Community Hospital Friona, TX · (806) 250-2754 STREP TEST (RAPID) source file	$54.60	$78.00	$40.42–$60.08	30%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $29.40, median $29.40, highest $29.40.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $29.40. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.