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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 8 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 $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$18.20 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $78Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $35
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $21professional $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
$15.49
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.39
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$38.02
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.20

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th 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.