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Antibody Test For An Unspecified Virus

Missouri 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 6 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$12.59$8.51 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$12.88 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $11 to $51Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $31
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $13

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
$11.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.38

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 13th of 51

$16.60

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.