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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Colorado 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 7 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$9.33$9.12 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$16.98 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $9 to $85Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $15
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $9

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
$9.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$26.92
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$23.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.22

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 19th of 51

$15.49

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.