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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

Rhode Island 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 4 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$17.38$12.59 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$22.91 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $20 to $107Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $33
$10$20$50$100facility $50professional $17

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
$27.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$33.11

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 27th of 51

$17.38

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.