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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Utah 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$15.85$13.80 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$20.89 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $16 to $115Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $13 to $21
$10$20$50$100facility $83professional $16

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
$16.22
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$72.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.22
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 35th of 51

$16.22

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.