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Salmonella Antibody Blood Test

New York 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$6.46 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$9.12 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $36Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $27
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $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
$6.03
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$27.54
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$87.10
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$29.51
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$25.70
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.45
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$19.95
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$23.44
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.79
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
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$2.24

Where New York 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.

New York· 50th of 51

$10.00

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.