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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Alabama 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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$13.18$12.02 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$13.80 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $12 to $24Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $15
$10$20$50$100$200facility $16professional $13

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
$12.02
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 37th of 51

$13.80

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.