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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Tennessee 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$14.45$13.49 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$15.49 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $65Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $13 to $21
$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $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
$13.49
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$24.55
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 47th of 51

$14.45

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.