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Antibody Test For A Specific Infection

Nebraska 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 6 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$7.76$7.76 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$17.78 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $8 to $72Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $78
$5$10$20$50facility $31professional $8

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
$19.05
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$24.55
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$23.44

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$17.78

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.