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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

South 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 5 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$14.45$14.13 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$21.88 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $14 to $123Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $14 to $27
$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $14

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
$12.59
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$15.85

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.