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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Washington 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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 9 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$13.18$10.96 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$15.85 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $58Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $22
$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $13

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
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$79.43
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.11
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$36.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$21.88

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 14th of 51

$17.38

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.