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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

Washington 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 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$16.98$16.22 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$19.05 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $18 to $81Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $27
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $17

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
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.92
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$50.12
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$36.31
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$48.98
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.50

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 17th of 51

$19.05

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.