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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 5 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$6.03$3.72 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$10.96 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $33Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $22
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $6

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
$8.13
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$16.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$16.98

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 7th 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.