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Growth Hormone Antibody Test

Virginia 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 October 2026.

How much does Growth Hormone Antibody Test cost?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.96$7.94 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$15.85 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $15 to $76Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $23professional $11

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
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$39.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.95

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Kansas than in Oklahoma. 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$12.59

KS $43.65OK $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.