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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Idaho 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 7 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$16.98$15.85 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$17.38 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $17 to $66Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $33
$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $17

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
$17.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.99
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 21st of 51

$19.50

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.