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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 July 2026.

How much does Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection cost?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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$4.57$4.47 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$6.31 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $54Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $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
$4.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$8.13

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$5.01

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.