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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 4 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$18.20$12.88 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$16.98 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $15 to $34Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $34
$10$20$50facility $28professional $18

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
$16.98
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$32.36

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 20th 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.