go back

COVID-19 Neutralizing Antibody Test

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, 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 $60.26 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$42.66$42.66 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$43.65 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $43 to $135Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $40 to $45
$20$50$100$200facility $60professional $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
$85.11
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$45.71

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 41st 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.