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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Delaware 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13.80 to $36.31.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $91Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $14 to $36
$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $15

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
$7.94
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.98
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 22nd of 51

$15.14

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.