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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

New Jersey 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 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$12.02$9.77 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$24.55 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $14 to $182Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $19
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $38professional $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
$15.49
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.22
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.20

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 20th of 51

$15.49

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.