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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

How much does West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$10.00 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$24.55 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $12 to $117Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $41
$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$66.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$33.88
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$41.69

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Nebraska· 18th of 51

$18.20

AK $38.02NY $12.02

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.