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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Montana 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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$19.50$15.49 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$22.39 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $18 to $78Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $32
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $25professional $19

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87,096.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$54.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$102.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$19.95

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.