Lab tests CPT 87880 556 markets

Rapid strep test cost without insurance

Across 556 US markets, hospitals list an outpatient cash price for rapid strep A antigen test from a throat swab, read visually from $6.30 to $2,350.00. The median market price is $54.88. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Each price links to its source file

Lowest$6.30any market
Median market$54.88middle of market medians
Highest$2,350.00any market
Listings1,284hospital prices

Compared with Medicare

$16.53 is Medicare's 2026 national lab fee schedule rate for this test; Medicare patients owe no share of it. The median hospital cash price, $54.88 across 1,293 hospitals, is 3.3× that.

Researchers often measure hospital prices as a multiple of Medicare's rate, and it is a concrete number to mention when you ask a hospital for a cash discount. Source: CMS.

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.

Why prices differ

Emergency departments and hospital clinics often list much higher prices than urgent care centers and doctor's offices for this simple test.

What to ask

Ask whether the self-pay price for CPT 87880 includes the visit and whether a backup throat culture will be added if the result is negative.

Prices by state

Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.

Prices by market

Outpatient cash prices. “×” is how many times the highest price in that market exceeds the lowest.

MarketHospitalsLowest MedianHighest×
Ahoskie, NC single city 1 $54.88 $54.88 $54.88 1.0×
Anaconda, MT single city 1 $43.20 $43.20 $43.20 1.0×
Anna, IL single city 1 $20.30 $20.30 $20.30 1.0×
Antigo, WI single city 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Aurora, MO single city 1 $72.15 $72.15 $72.15 1.0×
Ada, OK 1 $92.30 $92.30 $92.30 1.0×
Akron, OH 3 $29.70 $74.10 $100.50 3.4×
Albany, OR 2 $32.00 $32.00 $32.00 1.0×
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 3 $9.10 $33.00 $72.80 8.0×
Albemarle, NC 1 $110.00 $110.00 $110.00 1.0×
Alexandria, LA 1 $30.68 $30.68 $30.68 1.0×
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1 $19.01 $19.01 $19.01 1.0×
Altoona, PA 2 $67.80 $73.90 $80.00 1.2×
Anchorage, AK 3 $27.60 $78.78 $143.00 5.2×
Ann Arbor, MI 1 $15.60 $15.60 $15.60 1.0×
Appleton, WI 4 $25.65 $39.22 $40.82 1.6×
Ardmore, OK 3 $38.25 $83.20 $201.50 5.3×
Asheville, NC 1 $179.00 $179.00 $179.00 1.0×
Ashland, OH 1 $150.00 $150.00 $150.00 1.0×
Astoria, OR 1 $39.75 $39.75 $39.75 1.0×
Athens, OH 1 $66.30 $66.30 $66.30 1.0×
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 10 $76.00 $201.00 $201.00 2.6×
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 1 $19.01 $19.01 $19.01 1.0×
Auburn-Opelika, AL 1 $42.90 $42.90 $42.90 1.0×
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 11 $34.47 $77.77 $105.66 3.1×
Belfast, ME single city 1 $52.00 $52.00 $52.00 1.0×
Berlin, WI single city 1 $40.82 $40.82 $40.82 1.0×
Bernie, MO single city 1 $34.50 $34.50 $34.50 1.0×
Berryville, AR single city 1 $71.50 $71.50 $71.50 1.0×
Big Stone Gap, VA single city 1 $20.10 $20.10 $20.10 1.0×
Blairsville, GA single city 1 $27.50 $27.50 $27.50 1.0×
Booneville, AR single city 1 $37.05 $37.05 $37.05 1.0×
Brookfield, WI single city 1 $45.58 $45.58 $45.58 1.0×
Brookville, PA single city 1 $80.00 $80.00 $80.00 1.0×
Bryan, OH single city 1 $111.00 $111.00 $111.00 1.0×
Buckhannon, WV single city 1 $26.50 $26.50 $26.50 1.0×
Burnet, TX single city 1 $105.66 $105.66 $105.66 1.0×
Baker City, OR 1 $27.95 $27.95 $27.95 1.0×
Bakersfield-Delano, CA 1 $105.77 $105.77 $105.77 1.0×
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 3 $32.40 $80.06 $92.37 2.9×
Barre, VT 1 $62.92 $62.92 $62.92 1.0×
Bartlesville, OK 1 $48.56 $48.56 $48.56 1.0×
Batavia, NY 1 $48.45 $48.45 $48.45 1.0×
Bay City, MI 1 $40.65 $40.65 $40.65 1.0×
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 5 $101.64 $101.64 $101.64 1.0×
Bend, OR 4 $44.09 $44.09 $50.40 1.1×
Bennington, VT 1 $42.18 $42.18 $42.18 1.0×
Big Rapids, MI 1 $59.00 $59.00 $59.00 1.0×
Birmingham, AL 1 $30.43 $30.43 $30.43 1.0×
Bismarck, ND 1 $79.56 $79.56 $79.56 1.0×
Blackfoot, ID 1 $80.85 $80.85 $80.85 1.0×
Bloomington, IN 1 $16.00 $16.00 $16.00 1.0×
Bluefield, WV-VA 1 $26.50 $26.50 $26.50 1.0×
Boise City, ID 4 $27.95 $50.98 $74.00 2.6×
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 8 $23.81 $46.20 $116.20 4.9×
Boulder, CO 1 $193.78 $193.78 $193.78 1.0×
Bozeman, MT 1 $64.00 $64.00 $64.00 1.0×
Bradford, PA 1 $60.60 $60.60 $60.60 1.0×
Brainerd, MN 1 $56.53 $56.53 $56.53 1.0×
Brenham, TX 1 $77.77 $77.77 $77.77 1.0×
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 6 $10.21 $32.00 $58.72 5.8×
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1 $75.00 $75.00 $75.00 1.0×
Cades, SC single city 1 $83.00 $83.00 $83.00 1.0×
Calhoun City, MS single city 1 $24.96 $24.96 $24.96 1.0×
Canby, MN single city 1 $46.40 $46.40 $46.40 1.0×
Caro, MI single city 1 $13.55 $13.55 $13.55 1.0×
Carthage, MS single city 1 $73.35 $73.35 $73.35 1.0×
Cassville, MO single city 1 $72.15 $72.15 $72.15 1.0×
Cedar Rapids, IA single city 1 $35.20 $35.20 $35.20 1.0×
Centerville, IA single city 1 $43.00 $43.00 $43.00 1.0×
Chamberlain, SD single city 1 $84.00 $84.00 $84.00 1.0×
Charlevoix, MI single city 1 $66.30 $66.30 $66.30 1.0×
Clear Lake, SD single city 1 $44.00 $44.00 $44.00 1.0×
Clintwood, VA single city 1 $19.78 $19.78 $19.78 1.0×
Columbus, NC single city 1 $98.07 $98.07 $98.07 1.0×
Concord, NC single city 1 $105.48 $105.48 $105.48 1.0×
Corning, IA single city 1 $17.28 $17.28 $17.28 1.0×
Coudersport, PA single city 1 $59.40 $59.40 $59.40 1.0×
Cadillac, MI 1 $63.75 $63.75 $63.75 1.0×
Calhoun, GA 1 $363.47 $363.47 $363.47 1.0×
Cambridge, OH 1 $49.40 $49.40 $49.40 1.0×
Canton-Massillon, OH 2 $34.20 $54.15 $74.10 2.2×
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 5 $13.60 $13.60 $13.60 1.0×
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 2 $14.30 $22.53 $30.75 2.2×
Casper, WY 1 $21.00 $21.00 $21.00 1.0×
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 $35.20 $35.20 $35.20 1.0×
Cedartown, GA 1 $76.00 $76.00 $76.00 1.0×
Centralia, WA 1 $93.08 $93.08 $93.08 1.0×
Charleston, WV 1 $67.50 $67.50 $67.50 1.0×
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 1 $113.00 $113.00 $113.00 1.0×
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 12 $105.48 $105.48 $419.25 4.0×
Charlottesville, VA 1 $58.50 $58.50 $58.50 1.0×
Chattanooga, TN-GA 1 $18.48 $18.48 $18.48 1.0×
Cheyenne, WY 1 $56.28 $56.28 $56.28 1.0×
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 42 $14.50 $47.90 $185.00 12.8×
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 15 $13.60 $50.83 $115.20 8.5×
Clarksburg, WV 1 $65.50 $65.50 $65.50 1.0×
Clarksville, TN-KY 1 $94.31 $94.31 $94.31 1.0×
Cleveland, OH 24 $26.60 $74.10 $145.25 5.5×
College Station-Bryan, TX 1 $77.77 $77.77 $77.77 1.0×
Columbia, MO 2 $36.60 $54.75 $72.90 2.0×
Columbia, SC 3 $36.50 $36.50 $121.00 3.3×
Columbus, IN 1 $156.80 $156.80 $156.80 1.0×
Columbus, MS 1 $100.50 $100.50 $100.50 1.0×
Columbus, NE 1 $30.60 $30.60 $30.60 1.0×
Columbus, OH 15 $33.00 $53.95 $77.40 2.3×
Coos Bay-North Bend, OR 1 $69.75 $69.75 $69.75 1.0×
Corbin, KY 2 $143.36 $153.94 $164.52 1.1×
Corning, NY 3 $6.99 $30.00 $45.36 6.5×
Corpus Christi, TX 1 $63.25 $63.25 $63.25 1.0×
Cortland, NY 1 $36.20 $36.20 $36.20 1.0×
Corvallis, OR 1 $32.00 $32.00 $32.00 1.0×
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 1 $104.80 $104.80 $104.80 1.0×
Crossville, TN 1 $36.80 $36.80 $36.80 1.0×
Cumberland, MD-WV 1 $38.00 $38.00 $38.00 1.0×
Damariscotta, ME single city 1 $31.00 $31.00 $31.00 1.0×
Decorah, IA single city 1 $52.50 $52.50 $52.50 1.0×
Dexter, MO single city 2 $34.50 $63.73 $92.95 2.7×
Dover Foxcroft, ME single city 1 $15.84 $15.84 $15.84 1.0×
Durand, WI single city 1 $165.99 $165.99 $165.99 1.0×
Durham, NC single city 1 $33.48 $33.48 $33.48 1.0×
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 26 $27.60 $259.93 $259.93 9.4×
Dalton, GA 1 $363.47 $363.47 $363.47 1.0×
Danville, VA 1 $172.80 $172.80 $172.80 1.0×
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 3 $35.20 $35.20 $40.80 1.2×
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH 4 $13.60 $13.60 $100.70 7.4×
Decatur, IN 1 $47.00 $47.00 $47.00 1.0×
Defiance, OH 1 $39.00 $39.00 $39.00 1.0×
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 4 $267.53 $267.53 $267.53 1.0×
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 8 $21.17 $149.23 $193.78 9.2×
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 1 $35.20 $35.20 $35.20 1.0×
Detroit Lakes, MN 1 $49.43 $49.43 $49.43 1.0×
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 26 $15.35 $50.02 $158.25 10.3×
Dickinson, ND 1 $81.90 $81.90 $81.90 1.0×
Douglas, GA 1 $65.96 $65.96 $65.96 1.0×
Dover, DE 1 $120.12 $120.12 $120.12 1.0×
DuBois, PA 1 $194.00 $194.00 $194.00 1.0×
Dubuque, IA 2 $35.20 $64.73 $94.25 2.7×
Duluth, MN-WI 9 $24.02 $53.46 $69.47 2.9×
Durant, OK 1 $58.08 $58.08 $58.08 1.0×
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 1 $33.48 $33.48 $33.48 1.0×
E Academy Paris, AR single city 1 $37.05 $37.05 $37.05 1.0×
Eagle River, WI single city 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
East Amery, WI single city 1 $38.58 $38.58 $38.58 1.0×
Edenton, NC single city 1 $52.08 $52.08 $52.08 1.0×
Elizabethtown, NY single city 1 $99.00 $99.00 $99.00 1.0×
Elkader, IA single city 1 $43.00 $43.00 $43.00 1.0×
Ellsworth, ME single city 1 $17.25 $17.25 $17.25 1.0×
Emporia, VA single city 1 $58.20 $58.20 $58.20 1.0×
Everett, PA single city 1 $41.40 $41.40 $41.40 1.0×
Eau Claire, WI 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
El Paso, TX 3 $15.12 $15.12 $15.40 1.0×
Elizabeth City, NC 1 $69.50 $69.50 $69.50 1.0×
Elizabethtown, KY 1 $143.36 $143.36 $143.36 1.0×
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 1 $77.70 $77.70 $77.70 1.0×
Elmira, NY 2 $6.99 $6.99 $6.99 1.0×
Eugene-Springfield, OR 2 $51.35 $88.91 $126.47 2.5×
Eureka-Arcata, CA 1 $16.83 $16.83 $16.83 1.0×
Evansville, IN 3 $20.30 $104.40 $104.40 5.1×
Farmington, CT single city 1 $33.00 $33.00 $33.00 1.0×
Farmington, ME single city 1 $79.00 $79.00 $79.00 1.0×
Fremont, MI single city 1 $59.00 $59.00 $59.00 1.0×
Friendship, WI single city 1 $94.49 $94.49 $94.49 1.0×
Fairbanks-College, AK 1 $98.87 $98.87 $98.87 1.0×
Fallon, NV 1 $26.55 $26.55 $26.55 1.0×
Fargo, ND-MN 1 $57.75 $57.75 $57.75 1.0×
Faribault-Northfield, MN 1 $25.76 $25.76 $25.76 1.0×
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 3 $9.29 $26.65 $45.00 4.8×
Flagstaff, AZ 1 $28.00 $28.00 $28.00 1.0×
Flint, MI 2 $25.20 $35.55 $45.90 1.8×
Florence, SC 1 $165.00 $165.00 $165.00 1.0×
Fond du Lac, WI 2 $40.82 $41.66 $42.50 1.0×
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 1 $7.25 $7.25 $7.25 1.0×
Fort Dodge, IA 1 $35.20 $35.20 $35.20 1.0×
Fort Morgan, CO 1 $33.40 $33.40 $33.40 1.0×
Fort Smith, AR-OK 1 $26.65 $26.65 $26.65 1.0×
Fort Wayne, IN 4 $6.30 $16.35 $17.82 2.8×
Fresno, CA 2 $156.60 $163.98 $171.36 1.1×
Gassaway, WV single city 1 $26.50 $26.50 $26.50 1.0×
Gaylord, MI single city 1 $68.00 $68.00 $68.00 1.0×
Graceville, MN single city 1 $69.47 $69.47 $69.47 1.0×
Grayling, MI single city 1 $58.65 $58.65 $58.65 1.0×
Greenville, ME single city 1 $39.00 $39.00 $39.00 1.0×
Grinnell, IA single city 1 $35.20 $35.20 $35.20 1.0×
Gainesville, FL 1 $58.30 $58.30 $58.30 1.0×
Gettysburg, PA 1 $66.40 $66.40 $66.40 1.0×
Grand Forks, ND-MN 1 $69.47 $69.47 $69.47 1.0×
Grand Island, NE 1 $34.81 $34.81 $34.81 1.0×
Grand Rapids, MN 2 $24.02 $46.75 $69.47 2.9×
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI 4 $59.00 $59.00 $59.00 1.0×
Greeley, CO 1 $13.95 $13.95 $13.95 1.0×
Green Bay, WI 5 $42.50 $79.86 $79.86 1.9×
Greencastle, IN 1 $38.01 $38.01 $38.01 1.0×
Greeneville, TN 1 $20.10 $20.10 $20.10 1.0×
Greensboro-High Point, NC 1 $52.50 $52.50 $52.50 1.0×
Greenville, NC 1 $23.85 $23.85 $23.85 1.0×
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC 2 $98.80 $100.40 $102.00 1.0×
Harbor Beach, MI single city 1 $27.00 $27.00 $27.00 1.0×
Hartford, CT single city 3 $34.20 $41.25 $41.25 1.2×
Hiawassee, GA single city 1 $29.00 $29.00 $29.00 1.0×
Hillsboro, ND single city 1 $56.80 $56.80 $56.80 1.0×
Huntingdon, TN single city 1 $35.19 $35.19 $35.19 1.0×
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 1 $40.50 $40.50 $40.50 1.0×
Hailey, ID 1 $74.00 $74.00 $74.00 1.0×
Hammond, LA 1 $59.39 $59.39 $59.39 1.0×
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 6 $18.36 $34.56 $93.00 5.1×
Harrisonburg, VA 1 $58.50 $58.50 $58.50 1.0×
Henderson, KY 1 $20.30 $20.30 $20.30 1.0×
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR 1 $62.00 $62.00 $62.00 1.0×
Hermitage, PA 1 $62.40 $62.40 $62.40 1.0×
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC 1 $109.80 $109.80 $109.80 1.0×
Hobbs, NM 1 $129.78 $129.78 $129.78 1.0×
Holland, MI 2 $15.00 $24.74 $34.47 2.3×
Hood River, OR 1 $39.00 $39.00 $39.00 1.0×
Houghton, MI 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 13 $16.20 $138.50 $138.50 8.5×
Huntingdon, PA 1 $80.00 $80.00 $80.00 1.0×
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 3 $47.27 $65.16 $96.10 2.0×
Huntsville, AL 2 $47.70 $1,198.85 $2,350.00 49.3×
Iron River, MI single city 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Ironwood, MI single city 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN 13 $31.56 $120.00 $121.80 3.9×
Ithaca, NY 1 $21.21 $21.21 $21.21 1.0×
Jackson, MN single city 1 $80.80 $80.80 $80.80 1.0×
Joe, FL single city 1 $17.18 $17.18 $17.18 1.0×
John Day, OR single city 1 $87.00 $87.00 $87.00 1.0×
Jackson, MI 1 $22.81 $22.81 $22.81 1.0×
Jackson, MS 2 $34.23 $50.53 $66.83 2.0×
Jacksonville, FL 3 $27.94 $27.94 $63.88 2.3×
Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY 1 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 1.0×
Jasper, IN 1 $20.30 $20.30 $20.30 1.0×
Johnson City, TN 3 $20.10 $20.10 $20.10 1.0×
Jonesboro, AR 1 $34.96 $34.96 $34.96 1.0×
Joplin, MO-KS 4 $26.65 $47.13 $95.34 3.6×
Kenansville, NC single city 1 $50.96 $50.96 $50.96 1.0×
Kenton, OH single city 1 $53.30 $53.30 $53.30 1.0×
Kilmarnock, VA single city 1 $46.80 $46.80 $46.80 1.0×
Kingfisher, OK single city 1 $55.25 $55.25 $55.25 1.0×
Kodiak, AK single city 1 $131.82 $131.82 $131.82 1.0×
Kosciusko, MS single city 1 $71.72 $71.72 $71.72 1.0×
Kankakee, IL 1 $43.66 $43.66 $43.66 1.0×
Kansas City, MO-KS 4 $16.00 $96.00 $263.58 16.5×
Kearney, NE 1 $34.77 $34.77 $34.77 1.0×
Kennewick-Richland, WA 1 $81.90 $81.90 $81.90 1.0×
Kill Devil Hills, NC 1 $54.88 $54.88 $54.88 1.0×
Killeen-Temple, TX 5 $77.77 $77.77 $140.32 1.8×
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 5 $20.10 $20.10 $20.10 1.0×
Knoxville, TN 6 $34.50 $37.95 $72.45 2.1×
Kokomo, IN 1 $129.60 $129.60 $129.60 1.0×
Lebanon, VA single city 1 $20.10 $20.10 $20.10 1.0×
Litchfield, IL single city 1 $259.92 $259.92 $259.92 1.0×
Loveland, CO single city 1 $13.95 $13.95 $13.95 1.0×
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 1 $91.52 $91.52 $91.52 1.0×
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 1 $121.80 $121.80 $121.80 1.0×
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 3 $13.60 $287.66 $365.52 26.9×
Lancaster, PA 2 $31.02 $62.01 $93.00 3.0×
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 1 $16.20 $16.20 $16.20 1.0×
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 2 $16.00 $20.30 $24.60 1.5×
Laurel, MS 1 $81.00 $81.00 $81.00 1.0×
Lebanon, MO 1 $77.35 $77.35 $77.35 1.0×
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT 2 $22.00 $26.76 $31.52 1.4×
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 2 $16.00 $34.22 $52.44 3.3×
Lexington-Fayette, KY 2 $62.42 $102.89 $143.36 2.3×
Lima, OH 2 $21.60 $48.00 $74.40 3.4×
Lincoln, NE 2 $40.02 $79.01 $118.00 2.9×
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 2 $9.29 $16.35 $23.40 2.5×
Logansport, IN 1 $49.50 $49.50 $49.50 1.0×
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 21 $11.55 $110.76 $298.71 25.9×
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 6 $19.80 $134.08 $143.36 7.2×
Lubbock, TX 6 $69.30 $132.19 $185.22 2.7×
Ludington, MI 1 $59.00 $59.00 $59.00 1.0×
Madill, OK single city 1 $61.25 $61.25 $61.25 1.0×
Magazine, AR single city 1 $36.75 $36.75 $36.75 1.0×
Malone, NY single city 1 $73.00 $73.00 $73.00 1.0×
Manistee, MI single city 1 $66.30 $66.30 $66.30 1.0×
Mansfield, AR single city 1 $36.75 $36.75 $36.75 1.0×
Marble Falls, TX single city 1 $77.77 $77.77 $77.77 1.0×
Marietta, OK single city 2 $41.00 $49.50 $58.00 1.4×
Marion, VA single city 1 $20.10 $20.10 $20.10 1.0×
Mayville, ND single city 1 $56.80 $56.80 $56.80 1.0×
McCall, ID single city 1 $74.00 $74.00 $74.00 1.0×
Medford, WI single city 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Merrill, WI single city 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Middlebury, VT single city 1 $67.00 $67.00 $67.00 1.0×
Monroeville, AL single city 1 $12.80 $12.80 $12.80 1.0×
Montour Falls, NY single city 1 $10.08 $10.08 $10.08 1.0×
Montpelier, OH single city 1 $111.00 $111.00 $111.00 1.0×
Morganfield, KY single city 1 $20.30 $20.30 $20.30 1.0×
Mountain City, TN single city 1 $19.78 $19.78 $19.78 1.0×
Mullins, SC single city 1 $134.50 $134.50 $134.50 1.0×
Murphy, NC single city 1 $119.00 $119.00 $119.00 1.0×
Macon-Bibb County, GA 2 $48.50 $48.50 $48.50 1.0×
Madison, IN 1 $26.18 $26.18 $26.18 1.0×
Madison, WI 2 $76.70 $81.95 $87.20 1.1×
Manchester-Nashua, NH 3 $35.40 $60.84 $76.96 2.2×
Manhattan, KS 1 $60.00 $60.00 $60.00 1.0×
Mansfield, OH 2 $42.25 $42.25 $42.25 1.0×
Marinette, WI-MI 1 $42.50 $42.50 $42.50 1.0×
Marion, OH 1 $50.70 $50.70 $50.70 1.0×
Marion-Herrin, IL 1 $20.30 $20.30 $20.30 1.0×
Marshall, MN 1 $80.00 $80.00 $80.00 1.0×
Marshall, MO 1 $44.52 $44.52 $44.52 1.0×
Marshalltown, IA 1 $35.20 $35.20 $35.20 1.0×
Martinsville, VA 1 $172.80 $172.80 $172.80 1.0×
Mason City, IA 1 $27.95 $27.95 $27.95 1.0×
Massena-Ogdensburg, NY 3 $39.41 $40.44 $47.95 1.2×
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 1 $72.68 $72.68 $72.68 1.0×
Medford, OR 1 $54.75 $54.75 $54.75 1.0×
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 12 $17.38 $34.76 $50.40 2.9×
Meridian, MS 2 $11.66 $16.43 $21.20 1.8×
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 6 $13.00 $659.40 $659.40 50.7×
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 1 $14.85 $14.85 $14.85 1.0×
Milledgeville, GA 1 $53.00 $53.00 $53.00 1.0×
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 17 $42.50 $42.50 $83.74 2.0×
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 17 $22.09 $32.48 $106.56 4.8×
Missoula, MT 1 $68.00 $68.00 $68.00 1.0×
Mobile, AL 1 $44.03 $44.03 $44.03 1.0×
Modesto, CA 1 $171.36 $171.36 $171.36 1.0×
Morgantown, WV 1 $29.50 $29.50 $29.50 1.0×
Morristown, TN 1 $34.50 $34.50 $34.50 1.0×
Mount Airy, NC 1 $58.00 $58.00 $58.00 1.0×
Mount Pleasant, MI 1 $71.15 $71.15 $71.15 1.0×
Mount Vernon, IL 1 $20.30 $20.30 $20.30 1.0×
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 1 $32.00 $32.00 $32.00 1.0×
Muscatine, IA 1 $35.20 $35.20 $35.20 1.0×
Muskogee, OK 1 $15.20 $15.20 $15.20 1.0×
Nebraska City, NE single city 1 $31.54 $31.54 $31.54 1.0×
New Albany, MS single city 1 $80.16 $80.16 $80.16 1.0×
New Britain, CT single city 1 $123.98 $123.98 $123.98 1.0×
New Canaan, CT single city 1 $37.00 $37.00 $37.00 1.0×
New Hampton, IA single city 1 $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 1.0×
New London, WI single city 1 $40.82 $40.82 $40.82 1.0×
New Martinsville, WV single city 1 $56.00 $56.00 $56.00 1.0×
Newport, VT single city 1 $158.60 $158.60 $158.60 1.0×
North Conway, NH single city 1 $77.90 $77.90 $77.90 1.0×
North Vernon, IN single city 1 $124.80 $124.80 $124.80 1.0×
Norway, ME single city 1 $118.70 $118.70 $118.70 1.0×
Nowata, OK single city 1 $48.56 $48.56 $48.56 1.0×
Napa, CA 1 $118.83 $118.83 $118.83 1.0×
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 4 $26.79 $33.40 $52.92 2.0×
Natchitoches, LA 1 $14.40 $14.40 $14.40 1.0×
New Castle, IN 1 $78.68 $78.68 $78.68 1.0×
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 8 $8.82 $13.58 $27.94 3.2×
New Philadelphia-Dover, OH 1 $74.10 $74.10 $74.10 1.0×
New Ulm, MN 1 $32.65 $32.65 $32.65 1.0×
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 43 $16.00 $19.01 $273.24 17.1×
Newport, OR 2 $32.00 $32.00 $32.00 1.0×
Niles, MI 2 $129.00 $129.00 $129.00 1.0×
Norfolk, NE 1 $30.24 $30.24 $30.24 1.0×
North Wilkesboro, NC 1 $58.00 $58.00 $58.00 1.0×
Norwalk, OH 1 $61.20 $61.20 $61.20 1.0×
Oelwein, IA single city 1 $94.25 $94.25 $94.25 1.0×
Ogallala, NE single city 1 $34.35 $34.35 $34.35 1.0×
Olivia, MN single city 1 $50.63 $50.63 $50.63 1.0×
Olla, LA single city 1 $78.40 $78.40 $78.40 1.0×
Ontario, CA single city 1 $110.76 $110.76 $110.76 1.0×
Ocala, FL 1 $60.09 $60.09 $60.09 1.0×
Ocean Pines, MD 1 $78.25 $78.25 $78.25 1.0×
Oklahoma City, OK 4 $17.18 $48.38 $241.15 14.0×
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA 1 $93.08 $93.08 $93.08 1.0×
Omaha, NE-IA 8 $17.64 $125.58 $125.58 7.1×
Ontario, OR-ID 1 $27.95 $27.95 $27.95 1.0×
Orangeburg, SC 1 $113.00 $113.00 $113.00 1.0×
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 8 $13.60 $34.03 $285.00 21.0×
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 5 $25.65 $40.82 $50.33 2.0×
Othello, WA 1 $58.03 $58.03 $58.03 1.0×
Ottawa, KS 1 $263.58 $263.58 $263.58 1.0×
Owatonna, MN 1 $25.76 $25.76 $25.76 1.0×
Oxford, MS 1 $69.46 $69.46 $69.46 1.0×
Paris, AR single city 1 $36.75 $36.75 $36.75 1.0×
Pennington Gap, VA single city 1 $19.78 $19.78 $19.78 1.0×
Perryville, MO single city 2 $45.75 $53.10 $60.45 1.3×
Petersburg, WV single city 1 $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 1.0×
Pikeville, TN single city 1 $10.12 $10.12 $10.12 1.0×
Pittsfield, ME single city 1 $17.34 $17.34 $17.34 1.0×
Polson, MT single city 1 $48.00 $48.00 $48.00 1.0×
Presque Isle, ME single city 1 $14.49 $14.49 $14.49 1.0×
Princeton, IN single city 1 $20.30 $20.30 $20.30 1.0×
Punxsutawney, PA single city 1 $32.76 $32.76 $32.76 1.0×
Putnam, CT single city 1 $46.63 $46.63 $46.63 1.0×
Paducah, KY-IL 2 $34.20 $88.78 $143.36 4.2×
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 5 $12.50 $12.50 $13.60 1.1×
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL 1 $87.20 $87.20 $87.20 1.0×
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 1 $59.50 $59.50 $59.50 1.0×
Payson, AZ 1 $23.65 $23.65 $23.65 1.0×
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 2 $18.72 $28.40 $38.07 2.0×
Peru, IN 1 $31.00 $31.00 $31.00 1.0×
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 15 $10.50 $37.29 $105.90 10.1×
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 23 $8.15 $13.55 $336.00 41.2×
Pittsburgh, PA 10 $29.89 $60.60 $116.40 3.9×
Pittsfield, MA 3 $64.37 $64.37 $64.37 1.0×
Plainview, TX 1 $115.08 $115.08 $115.08 1.0×
Platteville, WI 1 $80.86 $80.86 $80.86 1.0×
Plattsburgh, NY 1 $24.00 $24.00 $24.00 1.0×
Plymouth, IN 1 $79.30 $79.30 $79.30 1.0×
Port St. Lucie, FL 1 $30.55 $30.55 $30.55 1.0×
Port Townsend, WA 1 $59.20 $59.20 $59.20 1.0×
Portland-South Portland, ME 6 $15.60 $37.50 $162.25 10.4×
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 14 $15.60 $37.50 $109.20 7.0×
Portsmouth, OH 1 $22.68 $22.68 $22.68 1.0×
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 4 $16.00 $57.35 $87.00 5.4×
Punta Gorda, FL 1 $110.19 $110.19 $110.19 1.0×
Reed City, MI single city 1 $59.00 $59.00 $59.00 1.0×
Rhinelander, WI single city 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Richmond, CA single city 1 $171.36 $171.36 $171.36 1.0×
Ripley, WV single city 1 $50.50 $50.50 $50.50 1.0×
Rock Rapids, IA single city 1 $60.14 $60.14 $60.14 1.0×
Rockport, ME single city 1 $49.15 $49.15 $49.15 1.0×
Rumford, ME single city 1 $36.00 $36.00 $36.00 1.0×
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI 2 $42.50 $42.50 $42.50 1.0×
Raleigh-Cary, NC 1 $33.48 $33.48 $33.48 1.0×
Rapid City, SD 1 $26.51 $26.51 $26.51 1.0×
Reading, PA 1 $27.83 $27.83 $27.83 1.0×
Redding, CA 1 $16.00 $16.00 $16.00 1.0×
Reno, NV 2 $16.00 $45.00 $74.00 4.6×
Richmond, VA 5 $124.80 $127.20 $214.20 1.7×
Richmond-Berea, KY 2 $71.40 $107.38 $143.36 2.0×
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 13 $11.25 $26.59 $185.00 16.4×
Roanoke Rapids, NC 1 $62.72 $62.72 $62.72 1.0×
Roanoke, VA 1 $99.00 $99.00 $99.00 1.0×
Rochester, MN 1 $115.71 $115.71 $115.71 1.0×
Rochester, NY 8 $10.00 $48.45 $59.63 6.0×
Rocky Mount, NC 1 $48.16 $48.16 $48.16 1.0×
Rome, GA 2 $174.00 $511.59 $849.18 4.9×
S Dillon, MT single city 1 $74.10 $74.10 $74.10 1.0×
Sandstone, MN single city 1 $69.47 $69.47 $69.47 1.0×
Seward, AK single city 1 $72.54 $72.54 $72.54 1.0×
Shawnee Mission, KS single city 1 $263.58 $263.58 $263.58 1.0×
Shelbyville, IL single city 1 $100.08 $100.08 $100.08 1.0×
Sheldon, IA single city 1 $62.40 $62.40 $62.40 1.0×
Sistersville, WV single city 1 $18.41 $18.41 $18.41 1.0×
Sneedville, TN single city 1 $19.78 $19.78 $19.78 1.0×
South Boston, VA single city 1 $123.50 $123.50 $123.50 1.0×
St. Johnsbury, VT single city 1 $22.50 $22.50 $22.50 1.0×
St. Paul, MN single city 1 $28.22 $28.22 $28.22 1.0×
Stafford Springs, CT single city 1 $19.25 $19.25 $19.25 1.0×
Suffolk, VA single city 1 $89.50 $89.50 $89.50 1.0×
Summersville, WV single city 1 $43.00 $43.00 $43.00 1.0×
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 4 $124.80 $171.36 $171.36 1.4×
Salem, OR 3 $19.50 $44.52 $44.52 2.3×
Salinas, CA 1 $41.00 $41.00 $41.00 1.0×
Salisbury, MD 1 $68.61 $68.61 $68.61 1.0×
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT 1 $50.89 $50.89 $50.89 1.0×
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 2 $42.75 $71.21 $99.66 2.3×
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 10 $50.60 $132.00 $149.66 3.0×
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 11 $17.20 $171.36 $171.36 10.0×
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 5 $128.25 $171.36 $268.00 2.1×
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 1 $460.35 $460.35 $460.35 1.0×
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 4 $77.01 $80.07 $171.36 2.2×
Sayre, PA 3 $45.36 $45.36 $45.36 1.0×
Seaford, DE 3 $73.00 $114.75 $120.12 1.6×
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 9 $35.90 $76.32 $82.68 2.3×
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL 2 $13.60 $64.00 $114.40 8.4×
Sebring, FL 1 $207.96 $207.96 $207.96 1.0×
Sevierville, TN 1 $33.35 $33.35 $33.35 1.0×
Shawano, WI 1 $40.82 $40.82 $40.82 1.0×
Shawnee, OK 1 $17.18 $17.18 $17.18 1.0×
Sheboygan, WI 2 $42.50 $61.18 $79.86 1.9×
Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC 1 $105.48 $105.48 $105.48 1.0×
Shelbyville, TN 1 $28.42 $28.42 $28.42 1.0×
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 1 $23.52 $23.52 $23.52 1.0×
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 1 $35.20 $35.20 $35.20 1.0×
Sioux Falls, SD-MN 2 $48.00 $50.00 $52.00 1.1×
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA 1 $8.82 $8.82 $8.82 1.0×
Somerset, PA 1 $93.00 $93.00 $93.00 1.0×
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 2 $33.00 $98.40 $163.80 5.0×
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 4 $66.50 $87.85 $104.10 1.6×
Springfield, IL 1 $117.36 $117.36 $117.36 1.0×
Springfield, MA 2 $22.10 $31.55 $41.00 1.9×
Springfield, MO 2 $92.95 $92.95 $92.95 1.0×
Springfield, OH 2 $13.60 $65.30 $117.00 8.6×
St. Louis, MO-IL 14 $23.12 $58.44 $144.72 6.3×
St. Marys, PA 1 $80.00 $80.00 $80.00 1.0×
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA 1 $13.50 $13.50 $13.50 1.0×
Sterling, CO 1 $21.50 $21.50 $21.50 1.0×
Stevens Point-Plover, WI 2 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Stockton-Lodi, CA 1 $171.36 $171.36 $171.36 1.0×
Syracuse, NY 2 $25.35 $34.68 $44.00 1.7×
Tazewell, TN single city 1 $22.96 $22.96 $22.96 1.0×
Temple, TX single city 1 $77.77 $77.77 $77.77 1.0×
Thief River Falls, MN single city 2 $66.40 $66.40 $66.40 1.0×
Tishomingo, OK single city 1 $80.60 $80.60 $80.60 1.0×
Tomahawk, WI single city 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Torrington, CT single city 1 $49.15 $49.15 $49.15 1.0×
Torrington, WY single city 1 $31.45 $31.45 $31.45 1.0×
Turtle Lake, ND single city 1 $106.50 $106.50 $106.50 1.0×
Two Harbors, MN single city 1 $97.11 $97.11 $97.11 1.0×
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 11 $13.60 $273.96 $333.00 24.5×
Taos, NM 1 $59.60 $59.60 $59.60 1.0×
Terre Haute, IN 1 $124.80 $124.80 $124.80 1.0×
Tiffin, OH 1 $83.40 $83.40 $83.40 1.0×
Toledo, OH 4 $47.05 $129.60 $134.40 2.9×
Traverse City, MI 3 $53.55 $59.50 $67.15 1.3×
Trenton-Princeton, NJ 2 $301.00 $301.00 $301.00 1.0×
Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 1 $74.00 $74.00 $74.00 1.0×
Tucson, AZ 3 $7.00 $8.35 $11.70 1.7×
Tullahoma-Manchester, TN 1 $28.42 $28.42 $28.42 1.0×
Tulsa, OK 6 $15.20 $48.56 $48.56 3.2×
Tupelo, MS 1 $80.16 $80.16 $80.16 1.0×
Twin Falls, ID 1 $74.00 $74.00 $74.00 1.0×
Union City, TN 1 $38.80 $38.80 $38.80 1.0×
Urban Honolulu, HI 1 $111.90 $111.90 $111.90 1.0×
Urbana, OH 1 $111.60 $111.60 $111.60 1.0×
Valdez, AK single city 1 $95.94 $95.94 $95.94 1.0×
Vinita, OK single city 1 $15.20 $15.20 $15.20 1.0×
Vallejo, CA 3 $171.36 $171.36 $358.00 2.1×
Van Wert, OH 1 $40.30 $40.30 $40.30 1.0×
Vermillion, SD 1 $46.40 $46.40 $46.40 1.0×
Vineland, NJ 2 $37.29 $37.29 $37.29 1.0×
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC 10 $61.79 $89.50 $154.30 2.5×
W Ada, MN single city 1 $69.47 $69.47 $69.47 1.0×
W River Ozark, AR single city 1 $37.05 $37.05 $37.05 1.0×
Waldron, AR single city 1 $37.05 $37.05 $37.05 1.0×
Wallingford, CT single city 1 $29.99 $29.99 $29.99 1.0×
Watonga, OK single city 1 $57.20 $57.20 $57.20 1.0×
Wauchula, FL single city 1 $210.49 $210.49 $210.49 1.0×
Waupaca, WI single city 1 $40.82 $40.82 $40.82 1.0×
Waynesburg, PA single city 1 $29.89 $29.89 $29.89 1.0×
Webster, SD single city 1 $72.00 $72.00 $72.00 1.0×
Wellsboro, PA single city 1 $29.40 $29.40 $29.40 1.0×
Wellsville, NY single city 1 $34.00 $34.00 $34.00 1.0×
West Union, IA single city 1 $112.27 $112.27 $112.27 1.0×
Westbrook, MN single city 1 $80.00 $80.00 $80.00 1.0×
Wheatland, WY single city 1 $35.10 $35.10 $35.10 1.0×
Wheaton, MN single city 1 $56.80 $56.80 $56.80 1.0×
Whitehall, WI single city 1 $85.59 $85.59 $85.59 1.0×
Wild Rose, WI single city 1 $40.82 $40.82 $40.82 1.0×
Willimantic, CT single city 1 $123.98 $123.98 $123.98 1.0×
Winamac, IN single city 1 $88.97 $88.97 $88.97 1.0×
Winchester, IN single city 1 $121.80 $121.80 $121.80 1.0×
Windsor, NC single city 1 $52.64 $52.64 $52.64 1.0×
Woodruff, WI single city 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Worland, WY single city 1 $35.40 $35.40 $35.40 1.0×
Waco, TX 2 $16.92 $47.35 $77.77 4.6×
Warner Robins, GA 3 $17.50 $76.00 $76.00 4.3×
Warrensburg, MO 1 $25.00 $25.00 $25.00 1.0×
Washington, NC 1 $23.85 $23.85 $23.85 1.0×
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 7 $41.00 $123.50 $123.50 3.0×
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 3 $35.20 $40.00 $111.15 3.2×
Wausau, WI 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 1 $58.50 $58.50 $58.50 1.0×
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 1 $18.90 $18.90 $18.90 1.0×
West Plains, MO 1 $72.15 $72.15 $72.15 1.0×
Wheeling, WV-OH 3 $18.00 $26.50 $57.00 3.2×
Wichita, KS 1 $43.55 $43.55 $43.55 1.0×
Williamsport, PA 2 $13.20 $21.30 $29.40 2.2×
Williston, ND 1 $82.94 $82.94 $82.94 1.0×
Wilmington, OH 1 $38.00 $38.00 $38.00 1.0×
Winston-Salem, NC 3 $49.50 $52.50 $54.00 1.1×
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI 1 $76.70 $76.70 $76.70 1.0×
Wooster, OH 1 $67.95 $67.95 $67.95 1.0×
Worcester, MA 4 $70.00 $89.25 $149.00 2.1×
York, NE single city 1 $151.25 $151.25 $151.25 1.0×
York-Hanover, PA 2 $93.00 $93.00 $93.00 1.0×
Youngstown-Warren, OH 2 $39.60 $43.80 $48.00 1.2×
Yuma, AZ 1 $53.95 $53.95 $53.95 1.0×

Common questions

How long does it take?

The swab takes seconds, and the result is usually ready in about 10 to 15 minutes.

Why is a throat culture sometimes done after a negative result?

Rapid tests can miss some infections, so a culture is often sent for children and teens with a negative rapid test; it has its own code and price.

How much does Medicare pay for CPT 87880 (Rapid strep test)?

$16.53 is Medicare's 2026 national lab fee schedule rate for this test; Medicare patients owe no share of it. The median hospital cash price, $54.88 across 1,293 hospitals, is 3.3× that.