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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 October 2026.

How much does HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test cost?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.76$4.17 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$9.12 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $20
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $10professional $8

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$22.91
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$60.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$20.42
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$17.78
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$16.22
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$21.38
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$30.90
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.55

Where New York 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.

New York· 33rd of 51

$8.71

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.