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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 86318

This is a quick blood test that checks for antibodies the immune system has made against a specific infection, using a simple, single-step method such as a test strip rather than a multi-step laboratory process. It is designed to give a fast answer about whether someone has been exposed to a particular infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method cost?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$19.05$13.80 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$20.42 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $32Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $31
$10$20facility $23professional $19

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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.88

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in New Hampshire than in Florida. 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.

Arkansas· 3rd of 51

$22.91

NH $26.92FL $12.88

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.