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Rapid Antibody Test, Single-Step Method

West 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $123 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$14.79$14.13 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$26.92 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $15 to $141Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $17
$10$20$50$100facility $123professional $15

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
$14.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$87.10
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.20

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 42nd of 51

$15.49

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.