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Blood Test For Antibodies To A Strep-Related Enzyme

Massachusetts 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 9 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$13.18$12.59 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$20.89 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $13 to $79Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $40
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $13

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
$13.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$58.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$34.67
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$39.81
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$50.12
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$33.88

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 10th of 51

$18.20

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.