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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

North Dakota 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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$38.02$25.12 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$30.20 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $12 to $71Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $12 to $71
$10$20$50facility $63professional $38

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
$11.75
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 2nd of 51

$50.12

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.