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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Rhode Island 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 4 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$13.49$13.49 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$21.38 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $18 to $85Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $13

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
$21.38
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 30th of 51

$17.78

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.