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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Kansas 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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$14.79$14.13 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$21.88 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $17 to $76Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $15

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
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.20

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$18.20

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.