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Salmonella Antibody Blood Test

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.47$8.71 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$10.47 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $60Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.29
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.20
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 43rd 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.