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Salmonella Antibody Blood Test

Illinois 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.23$8.13 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$17.78 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $15 to $100Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $29professional $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
$10.72
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$52.48
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$14.13
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.63

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 48th of 51

$10.23

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.