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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Iowa 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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$5.75$4.47 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$7.08 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $6

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
$8.91
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$15.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.59
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$6.92

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.