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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

Colorado rates for HCPCS 86687

A blood test for antibodies to HTLV-I, a virus that can be passed on through blood, sexual contact, and breastfeeding. Most people carrying it stay well for life, but a small proportion later develop a blood cancer or a slowly progressive nerve condition, so the result is followed up carefully.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test cost?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.31$3.80 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$16.60 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $7 to $42Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $26professional $6

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
$9.12
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.88
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$35.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.05
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.51
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
$3.39
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.82

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.1 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$9.77

KS $26.30NE $6.46

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.