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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 July 2026.

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

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$32.36$11.22 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$37.15 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $17 to $141Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $10 to $112
$10$20$50$100$200facility $65professional $32

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
$33.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$30.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$34.67
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$33.88

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$44.67

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.