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Blood Test For Antibodies To A Strep-Related Enzyme

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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$10.23$10.23 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$25.12 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $10 to $135Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $17
$10$20$50$100facility $63professional $10

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
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.62

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 16th 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.