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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Georgia 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 Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $7.76 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.80$2.82 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$5.75 to $12.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $20Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $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
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$11.22
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$12.02
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
$1.91
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.12

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 36th 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.