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JC Virus Antibody Blood Test

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does JC Virus Antibody Blood Test cost?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 9 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$16.98$14.79 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$24.55 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $15 to $95Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $36
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $38professional $17

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
$16.98
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.85
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$43.65
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$41.69

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in South Dakota 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$19.95

SD $28.84MD $12.59

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.