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Blood Test For Antibodies To A Strep-Related Enzyme

Maryland 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 6 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$10.72$9.77 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$16.98 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $7 to $63Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $51
$10$20$50facility $41professional $11

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
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$51.29
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.95

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$10.96

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.