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Antibody Test For An Unspecified Virus

Virginia 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$10.00$9.55 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$12.88 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $107Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $32
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $23professional $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
$12.02
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.39
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.49

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$12.88

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.