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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Missouri 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 Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$17.38$15.14 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$18.20 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $42Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $37
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $17

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
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$54.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 18th 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.