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Growth Hormone Antibody Test

Pennsylvania 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 8 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$12.88$12.30 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$19.05 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $13 to $91Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $12 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $13

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
$13.49
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$37.15
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.02
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.91
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$27.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$58.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$46.77
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$173.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$27.54

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$14.79

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.