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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

South 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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$7.24$7.08 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$22.39 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $8 to $115Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100facility $56professional $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
$7.24
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$17.38

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 7th of 51

$14.13

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.