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Single-stranded DNA antibody blood test

CPT 86226the billing code this page is about

Blood test measuring antibodies directed against single-stranded DNA, used in autoimmune disease evaluation.

Hospitals typically charge $65 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,363 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $73. Most fall between $25 and $156 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,363
States
50
Filings dated
Nov 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 1,363 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
$14$29$65$134$254

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($14 vs $254).

How the prices are spread

$12 – $17: 112 hospitals$12$17 – $25: 102 hospitals$25 – $35: 127 hospitals$25$35 – $50: 144 hospitals$50 – $71: 165 hospitals$50$71 – $100: 187 hospitals$100 – $143: 149 hospitals$100$143 – $203: 121 hospitals$203 – $289: 72 hospitals$203$289 – $411: 54 hospitals$289median $65price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,233 of 1,363 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$12$17112
$17$25102
$25$35127
$35$50144
$50$71165
$71$100187
$100$143149
$143$203121
$203$28972
$289$41154

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $65.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $85 across 32 hospitalsWA$85Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $121 across 11 hospitalsMN$121Illinois: median $105 across 58 hospitalsIL$105Wisconsin: median $51 across 27 hospitalsWI$51Michigan: median $17 across 23 hospitalsMI$17New York: median $33 across 62 hospitalsNY$33Massachusetts: median $47 across 21 hospitalsMA$47Oregon: median $52 across 16 hospitalsOR$52Nevada: median $63 across 13 hospitalsNV$63Wyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $49 across 27 hospitalsIA$49Indiana: median $74 across 55 hospitalsIN$74Ohio: median $77 across 75 hospitalsOH$77Pennsylvania: median $44 across 69 hospitalsPA$44New Jersey: median $13 across 42 hospitalsNJ$13Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $34 across 69 hospitalsCA$34Utah: median $99 across 35 hospitalsUT$99Colorado: median $68 across 17 hospitalsCO$68Nebraska: median $71 across 18 hospitalsNE$71Missouri: median $94 across 34 hospitalsMO$94Kentucky: median $109 across 38 hospitalsKY$109West Virginia: median $59 across 18 hospitalsWV$59Virginia: median $65 across 33 hospitalsVA$65Maryland: median $67 across 18 hospitalsMD$67Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $86 across 12 hospitalsAZ$86New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $120 across 26 hospitalsKS$120Arkansas: median $46 across 17 hospitalsAR$46Tennessee: median $42 across 32 hospitalsTN$42North Carolina: median $123 across 52 hospitalsNC$123South Carolina: median $152 across 26 hospitalsSC$152Oklahoma: median $55 across 38 hospitalsOK$55Louisiana: median $59 across 14 hospitalsLA$59Mississippi: median $37 across 24 hospitalsMS$37Alabama: median $42 across 17 hospitalsAL$42Georgia: median $74 across 37 hospitalsGA$74Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $96 across 125 hospitalsTX$96Florida: median $21 across 65 hospitalsFL$21
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $65. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC26$152+133%$61 – $363
North Carolina NC52$123+90%$38 – $187
Minnesota MN11$121+86%$84 – $351
Kansas KS26$120+85%$72 – $224
Kentucky KY38$109+68%$40 – $152
Illinois IL58$105+62%$46 – $247
Utah UT35$99+52%$84 – $205
Texas TX125$96+48%$29 – $609
Missouri MO34$94+45%$47 – $225
Arizona AZ12$86+32%$56 – $251
Washington WA32$85+31%$30 – $139
Ohio OH75$77+18%$48 – $214
Indiana IN55$74+14%$20 – $152
Georgia GA37$74+13%$24 – $162
Nebraska NE18$71+9%$42 – $152
Colorado CO17$68+4%$68 – $602
Maryland MD18$67+3%$55 – $97
Virginia VA33$650%$29 – $134
Nevada NV13$63−3%$37 – $190
Louisiana LA14$59−9%$32 – $115
West Virginia WV18$59−10%$36 – $109
Oklahoma OK38$55−15%$28 – $125
Oregon OR16$52−20%$50 – $106
Wisconsin WI27$51−22%$38 – $102
Iowa IA27$49−25%$42 – $88
Massachusetts MA21$47−27%$24 – $135
Arkansas AR17$46−29%$25 – $92
Pennsylvania PA69$44−32%$14 – $196
Tennessee TN32$42−36%$21 – $95
Alabama AL17$42−36%$20 – $61
Mississippi MS24$37−43%$11 – $72
California CA69$34−48%$23 – $117
New York NY62$33−49%$13 – $76
Florida FL65$21−68%$14 – $36
Michigan MI23$17−74%$14 – $84
New Jersey NJ42$13−80%$12 – $41
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not 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 $65.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,071$59$21 – $155
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access266$89$43 – $166
Ownership
For-profit226$73$24 – $348
Government188$66$26 – $163
Non-profit942$63$24 – $140
System affiliation
Part of a system1,137$65$24 – $156
Independent226$68$30 – $151

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$124
Median cash price$65
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

894 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $66 and the average of the middle 60% is $72; most fall between $29 and $142.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 894 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
$20$34$66$117$214

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($20 vs $214).

Of the 999 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 894 gave a usable cash price; 43 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 62 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,363 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (34%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,481 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,363
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here53
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded64
Hospitals that filed this code1,481

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 Dna Antibody, Single Strand.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Single-stranded DNA antibody blood test (CPT 86226) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86226-single-stranded-dna-antibody-blood-test