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Antibody Test For An Unspecified Virus

Iowa 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 8 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$14.79$10.00 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$15.49 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $13 to $107Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $85
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $26professional $15

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
$10.00
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$32.36
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$16.98

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.