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Blood Test For Antibodies To A Strep-Related Enzyme

Nebraska 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$8.71$8.71 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$30.90 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $12 to $105Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $87
$5$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $9

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
$36.31
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$27.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$26.30

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 1st of 51

$26.30

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.