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Hepatitis B Core Antibody, IgM Blood Test

Indiana 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$5.62 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$11.48 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $20
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $12professional $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
$9.55
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$16.22
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$31.62
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.13
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
$4.47
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$14.13

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$9.55

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.