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Antibody Test For A Specific Infection

Delaware rates for HCPCS 86631

This blood test checks for antibodies produced by the immune system in response to a particular infectious organism. Finding these antibodies usually indicates past or current exposure to that organism, which can help a clinician confirm a suspected diagnosis. It is ordered when a specific infection is being considered based on a patient's symptoms or history.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Antibody Test For A Specific Infection cost?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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 4 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$9.77$9.33 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$13.49 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $59Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35
$10$20$50facility $13professional $10

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
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$21.88
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.60

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 45th of 51

$9.77

HI $21.38DC $8.91

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.