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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 October 2026.

How much does HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test cost?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.31$4.57 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$9.12 to $22.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $48Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $13professional $6

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
$6.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.92
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.22
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.12
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
$3.39
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.62

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$7.24

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.