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Hepatitis B Core Antibody Test

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 86704

This blood test checks for an antibody the body makes in response to the core part of the hepatitis B virus. Its presence generally indicates a person has been exposed to hepatitis B at some point, whether the infection is current, past, or chronic.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hepatitis B Core Antibody Test cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 7 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$10.96$9.55 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$18.62 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $13 to $132Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $39professional $11

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
$13.80
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.32
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$33.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.49
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.98

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in West Virginia than in Nevada. 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 Jersey· 28th of 51

$14.45

WV $77.62NV $10.96

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.