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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Louisiana 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 5 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$19.95$12.30 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$19.50 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $16 to $68Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $20

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
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 6th of 51

$22.39

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.