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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Delaware rates for HCPCS 86788

This blood test looks for a type of antibody the immune system makes early during a West Nile virus infection. A positive result suggests a recent infection, since this particular antibody type tends to fade over time. It's ordered when someone has symptoms consistent with West Nile virus, such as fever and headache, especially after a mosquito bite in an area where the virus is present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM cost?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.13$13.18 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$17.38 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $145Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $13 to $50
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$31.62
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.44

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Delaware· 26th of 51

$17.38

SD $63.10DC $12.59

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.