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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

Montana 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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$11.48$5.50 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$13.49 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $21Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $11

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.50
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.92
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$9.12

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 11th of 51

$13.18

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.