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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

North Carolina 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$15.49$14.45 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$14.45 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $60Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $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
$15.85
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$56.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 43rd of 51

$15.49

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.