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Hepatitis B Surface Antibody Test

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 7 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$9.55$8.32 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$17.78 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $12 to $117Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $13
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $39professional $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
$12.30
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.41
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$30.20
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.02
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$15.14

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 30th 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.