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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

New Jersey 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 5 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$7.59$6.46 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$12.59 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $115Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $24
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $20professional $8

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
$11.75
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$23.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$9.55
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.30

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Nebraska than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Jersey $10.00 · 26th of 51
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.