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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Tennessee 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$13.80$13.80 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$15.14 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $60Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $28professional $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
$14.45
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.98
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 34th of 51

$13.80

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.