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Antibody Test For Rickettsial Infection

Missouri 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$19.05$11.48 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$23.44 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $17 to $100Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $19

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
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.39
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
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
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.47

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 12th of 51

$23.44

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.