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JC Virus Antibody Blood Test

Rhode Island 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 4 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$14.79$12.59 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$20.42 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $19 to $89Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $43professional $15

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
$23.44
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$28.18

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 38th of 51

$15.14

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.