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Blood Antibody Test For A Specific Organism

Virginia rates for HCPCS 86784

This blood test looks for antibodies your immune system produced in response to a particular infectious organism. A positive result generally means you have been exposed to or infected by that organism at some point, while further testing sometimes distinguishes a recent infection from a past one. It is typically ordered when a specific infection is suspected based on symptoms or exposure history.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Antibody Test For A Specific Organism cost?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 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$8.71$6.61 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$12.59 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $62Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$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
$9.33
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$13.18
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
$4.68
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.34

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.5 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· 43rd of 51

$10.00

SC $32.36MD $9.33

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.