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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Colorado 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?

$6.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$2.40 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$10.47 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $4 to $26Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $4

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
$5.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.32
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.39
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.57
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
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$1.15

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$6.31

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.