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Hepatitis B Core Antibody, IgM Blood Test

Arizona rates for HCPCS 86705

This blood test looks for a specific type of antibody that the body produces early in a hepatitis B infection, which helps identify a recent or active infection rather than one from long ago. It is often used together with other hepatitis B blood tests to clarify the timing and stage of infection.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hepatitis B Core Antibody, IgM Blood Test cost?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.08$6.31 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$11.48 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $8 to $54Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $23professional $7

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
$7.94
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.22
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
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.58

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska 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.

Arizona· 42nd of 51

$10.00

AK $39.81MD $8.91

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.