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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Illinois 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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 6 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$9.77$8.32 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$14.45 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $100Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $10

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
$11.75
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$18.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$416.87
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.85

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 40th of 51

$13.18

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.