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COVID-19 Neutralizing Antibody Test

New Jersey 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $126 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$47.86$42.66 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$54.95 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $43 to $380Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $43 to $56
$100$1K$10Kfacility $126professional $48

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
$53.70
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$42.66
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$25,703.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 5th of 51

$50.12

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.