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Meningitis and Encephalitis Panel

Iowa rates for HCPCS 87483

A test on spinal fluid that searches for the genetic material of many germs that infect the brain and its lining, covering bacteria, viruses and fungi in a single run. It gives answers far faster than growing the organism in culture, so treatment can be narrowed quickly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Meningitis and Encephalitis Panel cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $776 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$282 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$501 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,148Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $427

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
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$479

AK $933AL $174

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.