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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Michigan 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $5.62 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$5.50$4.37 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.62$5.50 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$5$10$20facility $6professional $5

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
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.17
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.32
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$26.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.27
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.70
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.51
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.59

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$5.50

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.