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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test cost?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 8 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$8.91$7.08 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$9.12 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $52Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $60
$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $9

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
$7.08
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$23.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.02
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$22.91
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Nebraska than in Maryland. 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.

Iowa· 34th of 51

$9.12

NE $18.20MD $6.76

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.