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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Indiana 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 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$2.75 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$5.37 to $11.75

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $6professional $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
$4.68
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$15.85
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.92
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
$2.34
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$10.00

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 49th of 51

$4.47

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.