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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Idaho 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$17.38$12.88 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$15.14 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $12 to $46Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $27professional $17

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
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$45.71
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 13th of 51

$17.78

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.