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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Virginia 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$9.12$9.12 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$12.02 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $95Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $18professional $9

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
$38.02
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$13.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.80

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 44th of 51

$12.02

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.