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Antibody Test For An Unspecified Virus

Nebraska 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$10.47$8.51 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$19.05 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $12 to $141Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $85
$5$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $10

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
$52.48
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$25.70

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$20.89

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.