go back

Hepatitis B Core Antibody, IgM Blood Test

Minnesota 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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$11.75$10.00 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$44.67 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $12 to $117Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100facility $63professional $12

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
$23.99
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.39
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$85.11
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$27.54
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.82

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$23.99

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.