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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Colorado 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$13.80$13.49 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$23.99 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $14 to $91Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17
$10$20$50$100facility $48professional $14

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
$11.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$20.89
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 36th of 51

$16.22

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.