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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Nevada 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$13.49$12.59 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$16.98 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $13 to $162Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $20
$10$20$50$100$200facility $33professional $13

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
$13.18
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 46th of 51

$14.45

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.