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Quantitative COVID-19 Antibody Test

Iowa rates for HCPCS 86413

A blood test that measures how much antibody to the virus causing COVID-19 is present, reporting a number rather than simply a positive or negative result. It shows the strength of the immune response after infection or vaccination.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Quantitative COVID-19 Antibody Test cost?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 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$41.69$41.69 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$51.29 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $42 to $170Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $23 to $98
$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $42

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
$41.69
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$97.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$83.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in North Dakota than in Georgia. 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.

Iowa· 40th of 51

$41.69

ND $67.61GA $40.74

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.