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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

New York 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 9 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$7.08$6.17 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$9.12 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $25Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $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
$7.76
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$20.89
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$60.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$20.42
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$17.78
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.80
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$29.51
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$20.42
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$30.90

Where New York 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.

New York· 31st of 51

$9.12

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.