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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 7 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$14.79$13.18 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$18.20 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $12 to $245Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $46
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $107professional $15

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
$14.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.20
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 23rd 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.