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Blood Test For Antibodies To A Strep-Related Enzyme

Colorado rates for HCPCS 86215

This blood test measures antibodies against an enzyme produced by group A strep bacteria, helping confirm a recent or past strep infection. It's often used alongside other strep antibody testing when a doctor suspects a condition triggered by strep, such as rheumatic fever or a kidney inflammation that can follow a strep throat or skin infection. It is a simple blood draw.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test For Antibodies To A Strep-Related Enzyme cost?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 7 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$10.23$9.77 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$17.78 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $10 to $74Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $13
$10$20$50$100$200facility $37professional $10

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
$9.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.85
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$27.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.59

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Colorado· 41st of 51

$12.88

NE $26.30DC $10.00

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.