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HTLV-I Antibody Blood Test

Washington 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 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$8.51$8.13 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$10.00 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $44Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $9

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
$9.12
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$60.26
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.12
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.20
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$24.55
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.75
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$16.22

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 28th of 51

$9.77

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.