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JC Virus Antibody Blood Test

Georgia rates for HCPCS 86711

A blood test that looks for antibodies to the JC virus, a very common virus that most people carry harmlessly. In someone whose immune system is suppressed that virus can cause a rare and serious brain infection, so knowing whether a person has been exposed to it matters. It is often checked before and during treatment with certain immune-suppressing medicines.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does JC Virus Antibody Blood Test cost?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.59$7.08 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$16.22 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $59Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $20
$5$10$20$50facility $22professional $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
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$35.48
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
$5.62
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.24

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. 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.

Georgia· 51st of 51

$10.23

AK $38.02GA $10.23

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.