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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

Nebraska 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$6.03$6.03 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$21.38 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $6 to $81Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $60
$5$10$20$50facility $28professional $6

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
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$18.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.62
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$26.92

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 1st of 51

$18.20

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.