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Hepatitis B Surface Antibody Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86706

This blood test checks for an antibody that shows either past hepatitis B infection with recovery, or immunity built up from the hepatitis B vaccine. A positive result generally means a person is protected against future hepatitis B infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hepatitis B Surface Antibody Test cost?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 5 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$9.77$9.33 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$12.30 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $117Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $13
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $15professional $10

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
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.14

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 49th of 51

$9.77

WV $75.86DC $8.13

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.