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Hepatitis B Surface Antibody Test

Louisiana 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$9.77$9.33 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$13.80 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $11 to $174Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $27professional $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
$12.02
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.14

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$12.88

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.