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Antibody Test For An Unspecified Virus

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86790

This blood test looks for antibodies the immune system has made in response to a viral infection that does not have its own dedicated, individually named test available. It helps confirm that a person's immune system has responded to a specific virus when a more targeted test is not applicable. Results support a doctor in diagnosing or confirming past exposure to that virus.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antibody Test For An Unspecified Virus cost?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.23$6.61 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $15Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15
$10$20$50facility $15professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.47
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab + GY · Excluded by law
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 16th of 51

$14.79

AK $28.84MD $9.55

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.