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Procedure price report · Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology)

Rapid flu test read by eye

CPT 87804the billing code this page is about

A quick antigen test for influenza virus from a nose or throat swab, with the result read visually; billed once for each influenza type tested, so A and B may each be charged.

Hospitals typically charge $56 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,578 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $60. Most fall between $28 and $112 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,578
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,578 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$19$32$56$95$168

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($19 vs $168).

How the prices are spread

$16 – $21: 182 hospitals$16$21 – $28: 200 hospitals$28 – $36: 249 hospitals$28$36 – $48: 332 hospitals$48 – $63: 344 hospitals$48$63 – $84: 372 hospitals$84 – $111: 247 hospitals$84$111 – $146: 212 hospitals$146 – $193: 129 hospitals$146$193 – $255: 59 hospitals$193median $56price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,326 of 2,578 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$16$21182
$21$28200
$28$36249
$36$48332
$48$63344
$63$84372
$84$111247
$111$146212
$146$193129
$193$25559

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $56.

Alaska: median $79 across 14 hospitalsAK$79Maine: median $30 across 17 hospitalsME$30Vermont: median $46 across 10 hospitalsVT$46New Hampshire: median $70 across 21 hospitalsNH$70Washington: median $59 across 60 hospitalsWA$59Idaho: median $60 across 20 hospitalsID$60Montana: median $62 across 22 hospitalsMT$62North Dakota: median $86 across 33 hospitalsND$86Minnesota: median $51 across 73 hospitalsMN$51Illinois: median $71 across 106 hospitalsIL$71Wisconsin: median $55 across 58 hospitalsWI$55Michigan: median $48 across 87 hospitalsMI$48New York: median $41 across 85 hospitalsNY$41Massachusetts: median $51 across 30 hospitalsMA$51Oregon: median $52 across 33 hospitalsOR$52Nevada: median $72 across 19 hospitalsNV$72Wyoming: median $35 across 14 hospitalsWY$35South Dakota: median $113 across 31 hospitalsSD$113Iowa: median $43 across 61 hospitalsIA$43Indiana: median $45 across 74 hospitalsIN$45Ohio: median $65 across 123 hospitalsOH$65Pennsylvania: median $32 across 87 hospitalsPA$32New Jersey: median $18 across 43 hospitalsNJ$18Connecticut: median $51 across 11 hospitalsCT$51Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $75 across 103 hospitalsCA$75Utah: median $301 across 31 hospitalsUT$301Colorado: median $51 across 60 hospitalsCO$51Nebraska: median $77 across 54 hospitalsNE$77Missouri: median $46 across 66 hospitalsMO$46Kentucky: median $47 across 63 hospitalsKY$47West Virginia: median $49 across 41 hospitalsWV$49Virginia: median $75 across 59 hospitalsVA$75Maryland: median $66 across 29 hospitalsMD$66Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $45 across 39 hospitalsAZ$45New Mexico: median $51 across 15 hospitalsNM$51Kansas: median $57 across 64 hospitalsKS$57Arkansas: median $28 across 30 hospitalsAR$28Tennessee: median $31 across 53 hospitalsTN$31North Carolina: median $47 across 81 hospitalsNC$47South Carolina: median $95 across 50 hospitalsSC$95Oklahoma: median $55 across 63 hospitalsOK$55Louisiana: median $27 across 40 hospitalsLA$27Mississippi: median $25 across 48 hospitalsMS$25Alabama: median $30 across 34 hospitalsAL$30Georgia: median $73 across 93 hospitalsGA$73Hawaii: median $83 across 17 hospitalsHI$83Texas: median $93 across 199 hospitalsTX$93Florida: median $141 across 104 hospitalsFL$141
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $56. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT31$301+439%$107 – $354
Florida FL104$141+152%$36 – $381
South Dakota SD31$113+103%$65 – $148
South Carolina SC50$95+71%$49 – $125
Texas TX199$93+67%$39 – $186
North Dakota ND33$86+54%$80 – $113
Hawaii HI17$83+49%$28 – $106
Alaska AK14$79+41%$29 – $134
Nebraska NE54$77+38%$32 – $146
California CA103$75+35%$41 – $170
Virginia VA59$75+35%$47 – $135
Georgia GA93$73+31%$31 – $137
Nevada NV19$72+28%$46 – $82
Illinois IL106$71+26%$34 – $139
New Hampshire NH21$70+25%$15 – $131
Maryland MD29$66+18%$42 – $80
Ohio OH123$65+16%$33 – $101
Montana MT22$62+11%$51 – $90
Idaho ID20$60+7%$32 – $74
Washington WA60$59+6%$27 – $84
Kansas KS64$57+2%$35 – $80
Wisconsin WI58$55−1%$45 – $78
Oklahoma OK63$55−2%$35 – $94
Oregon OR33$52−7%$25 – $96
Colorado CO60$51−9%$33 – $105
Massachusetts MA30$51−9%$37 – $116
New Mexico NM15$51−9%$12 – $85
Connecticut CT11$51−9%$35 – $73
Minnesota MN73$51−9%$34 – $89
West Virginia WV41$49−12%$33 – $68
Michigan MI87$48−14%$19 – $64
Kentucky KY63$47−15%$27 – $98
North Carolina NC81$47−15%$33 – $111
Vermont VT10$46−18%$28 – $87
Missouri MO66$46−18%$28 – $75
Indiana IN74$45−19%$23 – $71
Arizona AZ39$45−20%$22 – $84
Iowa IA61$43−24%$37 – $70
New York NY85$41−27%$20 – $65
Wyoming WY14$35−37%$25 – $73
Pennsylvania PA87$32−42%$16 – $99
Tennessee TN53$31−44%$20 – $76
Alabama AL34$30−46%$19 – $66
Maine ME17$30−46%$26 – $88
Arkansas AR30$28−50%$25 – $59
Louisiana LA40$27−52%$13 – $42
Mississippi MS48$25−55%$18 – $46
New Jersey NJ43$18−67%$17 – $37
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $56.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,769$54$26 – $122
Children’s50$91$46 – $124
Critical access751$59$31 – $95
Ownership
For-profit356$68$30 – $240
Government487$52$27 – $94
Non-profit1,727$56$28 – $106
System affiliation
Part of a system2,123$57$28 – $121
Independent455$51$26 – $85

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$95
Median cash price$56
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,734 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $61 and the average of the middle 60% is $64; most fall between $31 and $116.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,734 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$21$34$61$101$168

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($21 vs $168).

Of the 1,906 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,734 gave a usable cash price; 96 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 76 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,578 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (65%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,791 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,578
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here127
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded86
Hospitals that filed this code2,791

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Iaadiadoo Influenza.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Rapid flu test read by eye (CPT 87804) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-87804-rapid-flu-test-read-by-eye