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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Virginia 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$2.95 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$5.75 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $31Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $9professional $4

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
$4.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.32
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.22
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.03
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
$2.19
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.10

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$4.68

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.