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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 7 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$9.55 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$23.99 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $14 to $117Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17
$10$20$50$100facility $85professional $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
$16.60
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$67.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 33rd 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.