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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Michigan 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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$11.48$9.77 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$11.48 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $11 to $21Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $18
$10$20$50facility $12professional $11

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
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$43.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 48th of 51

$11.48

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.