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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

Maryland 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?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $6.92 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$6.76$6.61 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.92$5.50 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $98Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $32
$5$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $7

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$32.36
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$22.39
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.75
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.49

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 51st of 51

$6.76

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.