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Merkel Cell Virus Capsid Antibody Test

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 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 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$347$245 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$324 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $288 to $575Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $214 to $661
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $347

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
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$575.44

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 11th 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.