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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

North Carolina 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$7.24$7.24 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$12.02 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $8 to $85Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $26
$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.30
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$10.96

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.