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Antibody Test For Rickettsial Infection

Indiana rates for HCPCS 86757

Looks in the blood for antibodies against Rickettsia, a group of bacteria carried by ticks, fleas, lice and mites that cause illnesses such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus. It is used when someone has fever, headache and a rash after a possible bite or exposure. Antibodies take days to build up, so a sample taken early and another a couple of weeks later are often compared.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antibody Test For Rickettsial Infection cost?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$9.55 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$19.05 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $62Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $32
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $19professional $13

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
$15.85
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$95.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.92
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
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
$7.24
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$19.05

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Kansas 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.

Indiana· 47th of 51

$15.49

KS $61.66MD $14.45

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.