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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Missouri 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 Missouri, 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 $11.22 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$5.75$3.47 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$7.59 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $100Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $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
$4.90
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.76
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
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.32

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 17th 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.