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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Iowa 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$10.96$9.33 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$12.02 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $79
$10$20$50$100$200facility $21professional $11

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
$9.33
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$38.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$38.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 30th of 51

$14.45

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.