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Screening Blood Test For Recent Strep Infection

Washington 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?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.25$3.98 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$6.31 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$5$10$20facility $9professional $5

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
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.94
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.85
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.32
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.48
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.85
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.92
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$6.46
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.47
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
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.38

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 33rd of 51

$5.37

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.