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Relapsing Fever Borrelia Antibody Blood Test

Vermont rates for HCPCS 86619

Blood test that looks for antibodies against the Borrelia bacteria that cause relapsing fever, an illness spread by soft ticks and body lice. Antibodies are proteins the immune system makes when it meets an infection, so their presence points to exposure. It is ordered for repeated bouts of high fever after tick exposure or travel where the illness occurs.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Relapsing Fever Borrelia Antibody Blood Test cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $105 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.60$10.72 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$22.39 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $13 to $240Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $26
$10$20$50$100$200facility $105professional $17

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$30.20

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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· 9th of 51

$18.62

AK $30.20TX $8.13

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.