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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Iowa 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$18.20$14.45 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$18.20 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $14 to $72Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $49
$20$50$100facility $34professional $18

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
$13.80
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$39.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 15th of 51

$19.05

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.