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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Mississippi 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 4 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$14.45$12.88 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$15.14 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $12 to $68Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $25
$10$20$50facility $22professional $14

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
$12.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$29.51

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 15th of 51

$16.60

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.