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West Nile Virus Antibody Test, IgM

South Dakota 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 7 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$63.10$28.18 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$60.26 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $32 to $71Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $13 to $74
$10$20$50$100facility $63professional $63

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
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$74.13
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.12
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.88
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 1st of 51

$63.10

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.