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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Illinois 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?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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 7 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$4.47$3.98 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$6.92 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $42Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $10professional $4

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
$5.01
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.72
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$95.50
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.31

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 35th of 51

$5.62

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.