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Hepatitis B Core Antibody, IgM Blood Test

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 6 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$12.59$8.91 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$14.13 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $66Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $20professional $13

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
$12.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.91
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.60

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in West Virginia than in Tennessee. 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.

Louisiana· 28th of 51

$14.13

WV $56.23TN $11.22

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.