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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Minnesota 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$20.89$17.38 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$18.20 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $18 to $132Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $14 to $32
$10$20$50$100$200facility $49professional $21

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
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$131.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$40.74

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$20.89

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.