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Blood Test For Antibodies To A Strep-Related Enzyme

Iowa 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$17.38$10.23 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$14.13 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $54Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $87
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $17

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
$10.23
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$34.67
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$33.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$20.42

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.