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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Rhode Island 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?

$6.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 4 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$4.37 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$7.41 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $37Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20facility $17professional $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
$9.33
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.48

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 27th of 51

$6.31

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.