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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 October 2026.

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

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.47$3.09 to $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$5.62 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $26Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$5$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.94
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.78

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Kansas 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· 37th of 51

$4.90

KS $17.38MD $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.