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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Florida 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$12.59$10.96 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$18.20 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $13 to $85Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $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
$15.49
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.20
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$32.36
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$100.00
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.05
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$12.88

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.