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Antibody Test For A Specific Infection

North Dakota 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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$17.78$10.47 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$8.32 to $11.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $8 to $27
$10$20$50facility $8professional $18

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
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 5th of 51

$16.98

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.