# Strep A antigen test in GA

Billing code `87430`. Prices for this code at 73 hospitals in GA, taken from the machine-readable standard charge files each hospital is required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50).

Source page: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/strep-a-antigen-test

HC IA STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A

## Before quoting any figure below

- **Hospital charges only.** The surgeon, anaesthetist, radiologist and pathologist bill separately and appear in no hospital price file, by construction. Every figure below is part of a total, never the total.
- **A negotiated rate is not a bill.** It is what a hospital and an insurer agreed. What a patient owes depends on their deductible, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximum.
- **Each hospital's figure is a median across its own plans.** The spread inside one hospital is often wider than the gap between two of them.
- **"not mentioned" is not $0.** It means this hospital's file does not label a row that way. Silence is not a statement that the charge does not exist.
- **A hospital absent from the table says nothing about its prices.** It may publish this code under a revenue or drug code this site cannot map to a procedure.

A procedure code is billed twice -- once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work -- and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. Of the hospitals here, 38 publish a facility charge; 4 publish both, mixed together; 31 do not label which half the figure is.

## Typical price

|  | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth | $17 |
| Typical | $28 |
| Dearest tenth | $56 |

The cheapest and dearest tenth are the hospitals a tenth of the way in from each end, not the single cheapest and dearest. Every hospital, including both extremes, is in the table below.

That is a 3-fold difference for the same billing code -- a gap between hospitals, not between treatments.

## Every hospital publishing this code

| Hospital | Where | CMS rating | Typical | Facility charge | Physician fee | Self-pay | Lowest | Highest | Plans on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burke Medical Center | WAYNESBORO | not rated | $0 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $0 | $0 | $16 | 5 |
| Effingham Health System | SPRINGFIELD | not rated | $16 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $20 | $8 | $28 | 32 |
| Putnam General Hospital | EATONTON | not rated | $16 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $17 | $12 | $28 | 26 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | RIVERDALE | 1/5 | $17 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $16 | $11 | $34 | 44 |
| Doctors Hospital | AUGUSTA | 3/5 | $17 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $14 | $25 | 132 |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center | LAVONIA | 3/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | $60 | $15 | $79 | 105 |
| St Mary's Hospital | ATHENS | 1/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | $38 | $15 | $50 | 102 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | DUBLIN | 4/5 | $17 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $14 | $25 | 117 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | LITHONIA | 1/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | not published | $13 | $36 | 16 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | WARNER ROBINS | 2/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | not published | $13 | $36 | 12 |
| NGMC Barrow | WINDER | 4/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | $123 | $7 | $35 | 13 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | GAINESVILLE | 3/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | $123 | $7 | $35 | 13 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | DECATUR | 2/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | not published | $13 | $36 | 17 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | JOHNS CREEK | 4/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | not published | $13 | $36 | 17 |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | SAVANNAH | 1/5 | $17 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $13 | $28 | 128 |
| Emory University Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | not published | $13 | $36 | 17 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | DEMOREST | 3/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | $123 | $7 | $35 | 13 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin | DAHLONEGA | 5/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | $123 | $7 | $35 | 13 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | not published | $13 | $36 | 17 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | WAYCROSS | 3/5 | $17 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $323 | $14 | $291 | 124 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | ATLANTA | 2/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | not published | $13 | $36 | 17 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | CARROLLTON | 2/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | $40 | $17 | $18 | 10 |
| AdventHealth Murray | CHATSWORTH | 5/5 | $17 | $17 | not mentioned | not published | $17 | $42 | 7 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | ATLANTA | 2/5 | see split | $28 | $17 | $250 | $15 | $200 | 81 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | AMERICUS | 3/5 | $18 | $18 | not mentioned | not published | $17 | $29 | 7 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | VIDALIA | 5/5 | $18 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $307 | $11 | $276 | 81 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | ALBANY | 2/5 | $18 | $18 | not mentioned | not published | $17 | $29 | 7 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | COLUMBUS | 3/5 | $18 | $18 | not mentioned | not published | $17 | $42 | 10 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | ROME | 4/5 | $19 | $19 | not mentioned | not published | $14 | $47 | 12 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $21 | $21 | not mentioned | $56 | $15 | $89 | 16 |
| Candler Hospital | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $21 | $21 | not mentioned | $56 | $15 | $89 | 16 |
| WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col | AUGUSTA | 1/5 | $22 | $22 | not mentioned | $82 | $15 | $51 | 19 |
| AdventHealth Gordon | CALHOUN | 3/5 | $23 | $23 | not mentioned | not published | $16 | $42 | 9 |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center | BLUE RIDGE | not rated | $23 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $287 | $5 | $478 | 958 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | DALTON | 3/5 | $25 | $25 | not mentioned | $285 | $9 | $29 | 3 |
| Crisp Regional Hospital | CORDELE | 2/5 | $26 | $26 | not mentioned | $45 | $22 | $29 | 3 |
| Dorminy Medical Center | FITZGERALD | not rated | $28 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $45 | $22 | $86 | 54 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | STATESBORO | 3/5 | $29 | $29 | not mentioned | $68 | $14 | $900 | 49 |
| WellStar West Georgia Medical Center | LAGRANGE | 5/5 | $29 | $29 | not mentioned | $82 | $17 | $62 | 14 |
| WellStar Spalding Medical Center | GRIFFIN | 2/5 | $29 | $29 | not mentioned | $82 | $17 | $62 | 14 |
| Candler County Hospital | METTER | not rated | $29 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $9 | $251 | 28 |
| WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | MARIETTA | 4/5 | $30 | $30 | not mentioned | $82 | $17 | $62 | 13 |
| WellStar Douglas Medical Center | DOUGLASVILLE | 3/5 | $30 | $30 | not mentioned | $82 | $17 | $62 | 13 |
| WellStar North Fulton Medical Center | ROSWELL | 2/5 | $30 | $30 | not mentioned | $82 | $17 | $62 | 13 |
| WellStar Paulding Medical Center | HIRAM | 4/5 | $30 | $30 | not mentioned | $82 | $17 | $62 | 13 |
| WellStar Cobb Medical Center | AUSTELL | 3/5 | $30 | $30 | not mentioned | $82 | $17 | $69 | 14 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center | MACON | 2/5 | see split | $42 | $31 | $60 | $7 | $111 | 45 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | COLUMBUS | 5/5 | $37 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $8 | $95 | 15 |
| WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center | JACKSON | not rated | $38 | $38 | not mentioned | $82 | $21 | $62 | 6 |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital | JESUP | 3/5 | $38 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $25 | $31 | $45 | 17 |
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | GREENSBORO | 4/5 | $38 | $38 | not mentioned | $35 | $9 | $49 | 108 |
| Evans Memorial Hospital | CLAXTON | not rated | $39 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $16 | $85 | 10 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | MOULTRIE | 4/5 | $39 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $42 | $16 | $42 | 44 |
| Monroe County Hospital | FORSYTH | not rated | $44 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $17 | $13 | $84 | 25 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | COVINGTON | 3/5 | $47 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $8 | $95 | 16 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | SNELLVILLE | 2/5 | $47 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $15 | $101 | 16 |
| Piedmont Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $48 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $15 | $95 | 17 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | STOCKBRIDGE | 2/5 | $48 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $8 | $95 | 17 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | FAYETTEVILLE | 3/5 | $48 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $15 | $95 | 17 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | ATHENS | 4/5 | $48 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $8 | $92 | 17 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | CONYERS | 3/5 | $48 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $15 | $84 | 17 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital | NEWNAN | 4/5 | $52 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $8 | $104 | 16 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | CARTERSVILLE | 3/5 | $52 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $15 | $101 | 16 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | COLUMBUS | 2/5 | $55 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $8 | $95 | 18 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | MACON | 4/5 | $56 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $15 | $101 | 15 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | MACON | 3/5 | $56 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $15 | $101 | 15 |
| Warm Springs Medical Center | WARM SPRINGS | not rated | $59 | $59 | not mentioned | $34 | $36 | $68 | 26 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | ROME | 2/5 | $61 | $61 | not mentioned | $111 | $15 | $189 | 38 |
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach | BYRON | 1/5 | see split | $79 | $31 | $61 | $15 | $113 | 43 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center | CEDARTOWN | not rated | $62 | $62 | not mentioned | $112 | $15 | $201 | 36 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | MONROE | 4/5 | $65 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $15 | $101 | 14 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital | JASPER | 4/5 | $65 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $34 | $15 | $95 | 14 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | MILLEDGEVILLE | 2/5 | see split | $88 | $31 | $58 | $17 | $99 | 42 |

## Self-pay

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance. Paying self-pay usually does not count toward a deductible, so it can cost less for one service and more across a year. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what a patient would.

At 23 of the 55 hospitals here that publish a self-pay price it is LOWER than what that same hospital typically accepts from an insurer; at the other 32 it is higher.

2 of these 73 hospitals have not published an updated price file in over a year, or do not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Monroe County Hospital, Warm Springs Medical Center.

## Others in lab & pathology

- [Complete blood count (CBC) with differential](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/complete-blood-count-cbc-with-differential) -- 114 hospitals, typically $16
- [Lipid panel (cholesterol)](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/lipid-panel-cholesterol) -- 114 hospitals, typically $27
- [Vitamin D level](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/vitamin-d-level) -- 114 hospitals, typically $53
- [Vitamin B12](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/vitamin-b12) -- 114 hospitals, typically $27
- [Hemoglobin A1c (3-month blood sugar)](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/hemoglobin-a1c-3-month-blood-sugar) -- 114 hospitals, typically $18
- [Lipase (pancreas enzyme)](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/lipase-pancreas-enzyme) -- 114 hospitals, typically $15
- [Magnesium](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/magnesium) -- 114 hospitals, typically $13
- [BNP (heart failure blood test)](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/bnp-heart-failure-blood-test) -- 114 hospitals, typically $68

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Every procedure with a published price in GA: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga
Prices that look wrong: info@clearcharge.org

Compiled by Clearcharge (clearcharge.org) from each hospital's machine-readable standard-charge file. When quoting a figure, cite the source page above. The hospital files behind these figures state data through dates from 2024-07-11 to 2026-07-01; per-hospital staleness is flagged above.