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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Florida 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 8 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$12.02$10.96 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$15.49 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $13 to $166Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $14
$10$20$50$100$200facility $31professional $12

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
$13.80
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.41
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.13
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.62
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$18.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$17.38

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 42nd of 51

$12.88

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.