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Hepatitis B Core Antibody, IgM Blood Test

Tennessee 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$9.33$8.91 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$18.20 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $9 to $132Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $68professional $9

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
$9.33
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.60

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 51st of 51

$11.22

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.