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Strep Antibody Titer Test

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 86060

This blood test measures the level of a specific antibody the body produces in response to a strep bacterial infection. It is used to help confirm a past infection with strep bacteria, particularly when evaluating certain complications that can follow a strep infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Strep Antibody Titer Test cost?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$6.61$5.89 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$6.61 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $6 to $93Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $7

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
$5.89
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.23
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Nebraska 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.

North Carolina· 27th of 51

$7.59

NE $19.50DC $5.50

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.