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Actinomyces Antibody Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 86602

A blood test that looks for antibodies the immune system makes against Actinomyces, a bacterium that normally lives harmlessly in the mouth and gut but can cause a slow, spreading infection in the jaw, neck, chest, or abdomen. A positive result supports that diagnosis alongside imaging and cultures.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Actinomyces Antibody Blood Test cost?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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$11.22$9.12 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$12.30 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $37Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $11

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
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$14.13

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$12.30

HI $18.20DC $7.59

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.