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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Georgia 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$15.49$12.02 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$16.98 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $14 to $36Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $31
$10$20$50facility $21professional $15

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
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.92
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 33rd of 51

$16.98

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.