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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Texas 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 12 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$10.23 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$16.60 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $12 to $117Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $17
$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $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
$10.96
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.48
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.92
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$18.62
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.22

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 17th of 51

$16.22

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.