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Blood Test For Antibodies To A Strep-Related Enzyme

Louisiana 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$14.45$10.00 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$15.85 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $55Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $14

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
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.62

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$16.22

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.