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Antibody Test for an Unspecified Bacterial Infection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 86609

This blood test looks for antibodies the immune system produces in response to a bacterial infection, used when the specific bacteria being investigated does not have a standard named test of its own. It helps support a diagnosis when a more targeted antibody test is not available for the suspected organism.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Antibody Test for an Unspecified Bacterial Infection cost?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$12.88$11.48 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$18.20 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $12 to $60Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $33
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $30professional $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
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$43.65
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$181.97
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$30.20
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$389.05
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$181.97
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$33.11

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota 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.

Massachusetts· 27th of 51

$13.49

SD $24.55DC $9.55

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.