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Salmonella Antibody Blood Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86768

Blood test that looks for antibodies to Salmonella, a bacterium spread mainly through contaminated food and water. Antibodies are the proteins the immune system makes against a particular germ, so finding them shows the body has met this one. It is used to support a diagnosis when infection is suspected but not confirmed by other means.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Salmonella Antibody Blood Test cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.23$6.76 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $15Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15
$10$20$50facility $15professional $10

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
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.72
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
$5.89
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in South Carolina 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.

Alabama· 17th of 51

$15.14

SC $33.11MD $10.00

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.