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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Florida 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 8 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$14.45$13.80 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$18.20 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $14 to $83Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $13 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $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
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.98

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 39th of 51

$15.49

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.