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Salmonella Antibody Blood Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $19.05 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.12$6.61 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$13.18 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $65Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $19professional $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
$10.00
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.80
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
$4.90
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.51

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 45th 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.