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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Vermont 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 5 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$22.91$22.91 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$12.02 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $4 to $251Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $224professional $23

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$28.18

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 5th of 51

$22.91

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.