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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

New Mexico 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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$15.14$12.59 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$25.12 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $19 to $155Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $112
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $56professional $15

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
$20.42
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$29.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.59

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 14th of 51

$20.42

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.