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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

South Dakota 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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$18.20$12.02 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$60.26 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $60 to $155Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $60
$10$20$50$100facility $63professional $18

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
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$18.20
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 2nd of 51

$28.18

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.