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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Georgia 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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 6 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$11.22 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$17.38 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $69Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$13.49
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$30.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$35.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 38th of 51

$15.85

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.