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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

Minnesota 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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$9.12$7.24 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$8.51 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $66Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $9

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
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$66.07
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$21.38
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.19

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 29th of 51

$9.12

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.