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Merkel Cell Virus Capsid Antibody Test

Idaho 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 7 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$324$302 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$324 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,000Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $224 to $631
$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $324

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
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$354.81

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 12th of 51

$355

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.