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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, 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 $26.30 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.75$5.01 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$16.22 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $6 to $71Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $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
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.01
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.92
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
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.91

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 14th 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.