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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 86596

A blood test for antibodies the immune system has mistakenly made against a channel protein on nerve endings, the protein that lets a nerve release its signal to the muscle it controls. When these antibodies are present they block that signal, so muscles tire and weaken. The test is used mainly when Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome is suspected, a condition that is sometimes linked to an underlying cancer.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test cost?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$36.31$26.92 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$13.49 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $89Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $12 to $48
$10$20$50$100$200facility $13professional $36

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
$37.15
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$27.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.45
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$54.95

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Pennsylvania than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$26.92

PA $28.84DC $9.12

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.