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Blood Test For Antibodies To A Strep-Related Enzyme

Virginia 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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 8 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$10.00$10.00 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$13.18 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $76Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $23professional $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
$12.59
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$22.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$27.54
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.80

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$13.18

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.