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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86063

This blood test checks for antibodies related to a recent infection with group A strep bacteria, giving a straightforward result of whether these antibodies are present. It's used when a doctor suspects a strep-related complication, such as rheumatic fever or certain types of joint pain or kidney inflammation that can follow a strep throat or skin infection. It requires only a standard blood draw.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection cost?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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 4 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$5.50$4.79 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$6.61 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $21Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $5

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
$5.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$8.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Iowa than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 26th of 51

$6.61

IA $10.96MD $4.37

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.