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Fluorescent Antibody Titer Test

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 86256

This laboratory test measures the level, or titer, of a specific antibody in the blood using a fluorescent detection method, helping determine how much of a particular antibody is present rather than just whether it is detectable at all. It is often used to help evaluate certain autoimmune or other antibody-related conditions.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fluorescent Antibody Titer Test cost?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.24$7.24 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$21.38 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $12 to $105Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $24
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $40professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$23.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.48
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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· 28th of 51

$13.49

VT $37.15MD $9.55

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.