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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Minnesota 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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$16.98$16.98 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$19.50 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $17 to $123Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $69
$10$20$50$100$200facility $52professional $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
$15.85
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$123.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 32nd of 51

$16.98

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.