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Hepatitis B Core Antibody, IgM Blood Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $17.78 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.13$6.31 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$11.75 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $58Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $18professional $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
$8.91
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.30
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
$5.37
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.24

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th 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.