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Antibody Test For An Unspecified Virus

Kansas 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$12.88$7.76 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$21.38 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $21 to $34Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $26
$10$20$50facility $22professional $13

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
$12.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$34.67
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$26.92
2 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
$5.50
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.75

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 5th of 51

$21.38

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.