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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Ohio 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 9 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$9.77 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$17.78 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $16 to $52Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $37
$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $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
$15.85
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$21.38
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.50
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$32.36
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$93.33
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$31.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 33rd of 51

$16.98

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.