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Antibody Test For An Unspecified Virus

Delaware 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 July 2026.

How much does Antibody Test For An Unspecified Virus cost?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$10.72$10.23 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$14.79 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $13 to $191Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $39
$10$20$50$100facility $129professional $11

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
$12.88
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$23.99
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.20

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in West Virginia than in Tennessee. 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.

Delaware· 31st of 51

$12.88

WV $97.72TN $10.23

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.