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Antibody Test for an Unspecified Bacterial Infection

New Jersey 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$10.96$10.00 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$25.12 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $15 to $141Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $25
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $45professional $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
$16.60
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$35.48
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$14.45
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 11th of 51

$16.60

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.