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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Kentucky 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 5 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$13.49$8.32 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$16.98 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $14 to $145Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $13

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
$13.80
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$17.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.44

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$14.13

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.