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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Nebraska 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?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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 6 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$4.68$3.80 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$7.76 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $4 to $69Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $38
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $5

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
$11.48
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.02
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$11.48

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$8.71

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.