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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Kentucky 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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$9.55$7.41 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$10.96 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $105Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $18
$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $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
$9.77
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.32
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$9.77

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.