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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Arizona 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$4.68$3.89 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$6.46 to $22.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $27Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $36
$5$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $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
$6.92
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.94

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 30th of 51

$6.03

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.