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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Massachusetts 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 9 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$12.02$12.02 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$25.70 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $17 to $91Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $11 to $26
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $37professional $12

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
$16.60
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.39
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.18
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$44.67

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$14.79

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.