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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Minnesota 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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$12.02$12.02 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$12.02 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $12 to $87Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $29
$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $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
$11.22
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$24.55
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$87.10
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$38.02

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 43rd of 51

$12.02

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.