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Antibody Test For A Specific Infection

Mississippi 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$12.59$9.33 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$11.75 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $21Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $24
$10$20facility $20professional $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
$11.75
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$23.99

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 18th of 51

$13.49

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.