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Fluorescent Antibody Titer Test

New Jersey 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 July 2026.

How much does Fluorescent Antibody Titer Test cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$10.23$8.91 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$15.85 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $12 to $129Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $16
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $37professional $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
$37.15
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.45
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$67.61
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.49
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.49

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Tennessee. 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.

New Jersey· 29th of 51

$14.45

SD $28.18TN $10.72

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.