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Antistreptolysin O antibody screen

CPT 86063the billing code this page is about

Blood test that screens for antibodies against a streptococcal bacterial toxin, giving a positive or negative result rather than a measured level.

Hospitals typically charge $48 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,184 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $48. Most fall between $16 and $89 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,184
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,184 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$9$20$48$78$135

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($9 vs $135).

How the prices are spread

$6 – $9: 56 hospitals$6$9 – $13: 93 hospitals$13 – $19: 81 hospitals$13$19 – $27: 123 hospitals$27 – $39: 101 hospitals$27$39 – $55: 165 hospitals$55 – $79: 217 hospitals$55$79 – $114: 146 hospitals$114 – $163: 50 hospitals$114$163 – $234: 37 hospitals$163median $48price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,069 of 1,184 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$6$956
$9$1393
$13$1981
$19$27123
$27$39101
$39$55165
$55$79217
$79$114146
$114$16350
$163$23437

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $48.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $19 across 27 hospitalsWA$19Idaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $64 across 42 hospitalsIL$64Wisconsin: median $58 across 40 hospitalsWI$58Michigan: median $27 across 34 hospitalsMI$27New York: median $21 across 64 hospitalsNY$21Massachusetts: median $25 across 26 hospitalsMA$25Oregon: median $42 across 12 hospitalsOR$42Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $49 across 41 hospitalsIA$49Indiana: median $20 across 39 hospitalsIN$20Ohio: median $65 across 51 hospitalsOH$65Pennsylvania: median $39 across 61 hospitalsPA$39New Jersey: median $6 across 29 hospitalsNJ$6Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $71 across 82 hospitalsCA$71Utah: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $38 across 24 hospitalsCO$38Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $48 across 22 hospitalsMO$48Kentucky: median $59 across 33 hospitalsKY$59West Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $48 across 22 hospitalsVA$48Maryland: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $29 across 11 hospitalsAZ$29New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $50 across 17 hospitalsKS$50Arkansas: median $53 across 10 hospitalsAR$53Tennessee: median $12 across 24 hospitalsTN$12North Carolina: median $60 across 20 hospitalsNC$60South Carolina: median $71 across 17 hospitalsSC$71Oklahoma: median $27 across 26 hospitalsOK$27Louisiana: median $44 across 18 hospitalsLA$44Mississippi: median $29 across 23 hospitalsMS$29Alabama: median $41 across 17 hospitalsAL$41Georgia: median $34 across 71 hospitalsGA$34Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $75 across 89 hospitalsTX$75Florida: median $68 across 100 hospitalsFL$68
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $48. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Texas TX89$75+55%$29 – $456
California CA82$71+47%$43 – $98
South Carolina SC17$71+47%$34 – $220
Florida FL100$68+41%$12 – $188
Ohio OH51$65+35%$45 – $104
Illinois IL42$64+32%$25 – $132
North Carolina NC20$60+23%$30 – $63
Kentucky KY33$59+21%$21 – $74
Wisconsin WI40$58+21%$25 – $66
Arkansas AR10$53+10%$12 – $63
Kansas KS17$50+4%$23 – $189
Iowa IA41$49+1%$39 – $59
Virginia VA22$480%$10 – $71
Missouri MO22$48−1%$28 – $85
Louisiana LA18$44−8%$14 – $78
Oregon OR12$42−14%$23 – $53
Alabama AL17$41−15%$25 – $137
Pennsylvania PA61$39−20%$7 – $86
Colorado CO24$38−22%$26 – $69
Georgia GA71$34−30%$11 – $81
Arizona AZ11$29−40%$17 – $91
Mississippi MS23$29−40%$19 – $47
Michigan MI34$27−44%$11 – $59
Oklahoma OK26$27−45%$11 – $49
Massachusetts MA26$25−48%$18 – $78
New York NY64$21−57%$7 – $59
Indiana IN39$20−58%$9 – $80
Washington WA27$19−61%$16 – $46
Tennessee TN24$12−76%$10 – $54
New Jersey NJ29$6−87%$6 – $15
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $48.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care924$46$13 – $91
Children’s23$50$43 – $79
Critical access235$49$25 – $75
Ownership
For-profit196$72$20 – $266
Government150$40$15 – $82
Non-profit836$46$15 – $81
System affiliation
Part of a system1,022$49$16 – $90
Independent162$39$16 – $82

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$83
Median cash price$48
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

804 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $52 and the average of the middle 60% is $52; most fall between $20 and $90.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 804 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$11$23$52$81$119

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($11 vs $119).

Of the 891 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 804 gave a usable cash price; 39 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 48 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,184 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (30%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,274 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,184
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded42
Hospitals that filed this code1,274

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Hc Antistreptolysin O Screen.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Antistreptolysin O antibody screen (CPT 86063) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86063-antistreptolysin-o-antibody-screen