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COVID-19 Neutralizing Antibody Test

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 0226U

Checks whether a person's blood contains antibodies able to block SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, from latching onto human cells. It uses a laboratory stand-in for that blocking step rather than simply detecting that antibodies are present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does COVID-19 Neutralizing Antibody Test cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 8 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$42.66$42.66 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$26.30 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $21 to $123Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $35 to $85
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $43professional $43

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
$42.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$50.12
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$91.20
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$109.65

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Wyoming than in Washington, DC. 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$42.66

WY $87.10DC $42.66

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.