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Salmonella Antibody Blood Test

Indiana 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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$9.12$6.46 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$12.59 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $44Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $24
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $13professional $9

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
$21.88
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$18.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$15.85
3 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
$4.90
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$7.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 46th of 51

$10.47

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.