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Viral Neutralization Antibody Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86382

This laboratory test checks whether antibodies in a blood sample can block, or neutralize, the ability of a specific virus to infect cells. The sample is tested at several dilutions to see how strong the neutralizing effect is. It helps assess immunity or past exposure to a specific viral infection.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Viral Neutralization Antibody Test cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$8.71 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $15Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Alabama· 33rd of 51

$15.14

AK $38.02NE $12.02

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.