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Antibody Test For Rickettsial Infection

Virginia 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$9.77 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$19.50 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $18 to $87Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $27
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $29professional $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
$14.45
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$27.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$20.42
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
$8.91
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.63

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$15.85

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.