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Autoantibody Test For An Autoimmune Condition

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 86231

This blood test looks for a specific antibody that the immune system sometimes produces against the body's own tissue. It is used as part of the workup for a suspected autoimmune condition.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Autoantibody Test For An Autoimmune Condition cost?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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$9.55$9.12 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$12.02 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $66Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $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
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.98
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in West Virginia than in Florida. 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.

Tennessee· 47th of 51

$10.47

WV $36.31FL $8.51

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.