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JC Virus Antibody Blood Test

New Jersey 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$13.49$11.22 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$26.30 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $19 to $2,138Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $65professional $13

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
$21.38
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$39.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.22
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.95

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 22nd of 51

$19.50

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.