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Growth Hormone Antibody Test

Iowa rates for HCPCS 86277

Looks for antibodies against growth hormone in a blood sample. The body can form these antibodies in response to growth hormone treatment, and in some people they interfere with how well the treatment works. The result helps explain a poor response to therapy.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Growth Hormone Antibody Test cost?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 7 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$15.85$12.02 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$15.85 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $46Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $105
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $16

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
$12.02
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$40.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.89
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$39.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$19.05

SD $30.20MD $11.75

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.