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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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 5 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$12.88$7.76 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$14.79 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $69Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $13

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
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$16.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$61.66

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 26th 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.