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Fluorescent Antibody Titer Test

South Carolina 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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$9.77$9.33 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$16.98 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $9 to $155Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $20
$10$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $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
$9.33
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.45

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 16th of 51

$16.98

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.