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Antibody Test For An Encephalitis Virus

Missouri rates for HCPCS 86652

A blood test that looks for antibodies the immune system makes against a mosquito-spread virus capable of inflaming the brain. Finding these antibodies points to a current, recent or past infection with that virus.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antibody Test For An Encephalitis Virus cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.88$7.94 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$17.38 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $138Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$17.78
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$3.02

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Kansas than in Nebraska. 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.

Missouri· 19th of 51

$15.14

KS $36.31NE $8.71

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.