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Antibody Test For An Unspecified Virus

Arizona 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.76$6.76 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$12.59 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $9 to $59Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $16
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $8

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
$8.71
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$17.78
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
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.91

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$10.96

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.