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Antibody Test For An Unspecified Virus

Louisiana 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 5 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$13.80$9.77 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$15.49 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $51Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $18
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $14

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
$13.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$22.39
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$18.20

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$15.49

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.