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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

Virginia 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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 8 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$6.76$6.76 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$9.12 to $22.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $50Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $11professional $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
$7.94
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.92
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.45
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.22
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.05
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.12

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$7.94

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.