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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Arizona 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$9.77$8.13 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$12.88 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $55Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $79
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $10

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
$12.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.79

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 49th of 51

$10.00

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.