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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

Georgia 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$5.50$4.17 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$9.12 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $32Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $5

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
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$31.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$16.60
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$19.95
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
$3.02
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.78

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 47th of 51

$7.08

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.