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Merkel Cell Virus Capsid Antibody Test

Arizona rates for HCPCS 0059U

Used in connection with Merkel cell carcinoma, a skin cancer linked to Merkel cell polyomavirus. It looks in blood serum for the antibody response to the virus's VP1 capsid protein — the coat around the virus — and reports simply whether it is present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Merkel Cell Virus Capsid Antibody Test cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $646 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$151 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$324 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $251 to $4,677Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $135 to $355
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $214

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$354.81

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii than in Georgia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Arizona· 27th of 51

$302

HI $562GA $214

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.