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Hepatitis B Core Antibody, IgM Blood Test

Georgia 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.13$5.75 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$11.75 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $41Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23
$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $8

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
$7.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$22.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$24.55
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
$3.89
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.29

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 39th of 51

$10.47

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.