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Antibody screen by particle agglutination, one antibody

CPT 86403the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that uses coated particles clumping together to check whether a specific antibody is present; billed once for each antibody screened.

Hospitals typically charge $55 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,304 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $61. Most fall between $24 and $115 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,304
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 2,304 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
$15$29$55$102$171

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($15 vs $171).

How the prices are spread

$11 – $15: 124 hospitals$11$15 – $20: 140 hospitals$20 – $28: 155 hospitals$20$28 – $38: 224 hospitals$38 – $52: 292 hospitals$38$52 – $70: 363 hospitals$70 – $95: 244 hospitals$70$95 – $130: 276 hospitals$130 – $176: 147 hospitals$130$176 – $240: 110 hospitals$176median $55price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,075 of 2,304 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$11$15124
$15$20140
$20$28155
$28$38224
$38$52292
$52$70363
$70$95244
$95$130276
$130$176147
$176$240110

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $55.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $62 across 22 hospitalsME$62Vermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $47 across 12 hospitalsNH$47Washington: median $46 across 46 hospitalsWA$46Idaho: median $89 across 17 hospitalsID$89Montana: median $63 across 14 hospitalsMT$63North Dakota: median $61 across 10 hospitalsND$61Minnesota: median $68 across 38 hospitalsMN$68Illinois: median $72 across 103 hospitalsIL$72Wisconsin: median $50 across 74 hospitalsWI$50Michigan: median $18 across 58 hospitalsMI$18New York: median $25 across 86 hospitalsNY$25Massachusetts: median $55 across 37 hospitalsMA$55Oregon: median $55 across 36 hospitalsOR$55Nevada: median $57 across 16 hospitalsNV$57Wyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $49 across 42 hospitalsIA$49Indiana: median $39 across 73 hospitalsIN$39Ohio: median $61 across 104 hospitalsOH$61Pennsylvania: median $47 across 103 hospitalsPA$47New Jersey: median $13 across 51 hospitalsNJ$13Connecticut: median $49 across 14 hospitalsCT$49Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $44 across 128 hospitalsCA$44Utah: median $190 across 34 hospitalsUT$190Colorado: median $93 across 46 hospitalsCO$93Nebraska: median $67 across 39 hospitalsNE$67Missouri: median $76 across 57 hospitalsMO$76Kentucky: median $74 across 54 hospitalsKY$74West Virginia: median $52 across 26 hospitalsWV$52Virginia: median $40 across 42 hospitalsVA$40Maryland: median $41 across 31 hospitalsMD$41Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $50 across 31 hospitalsAZ$50New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $74 across 49 hospitalsKS$74Arkansas: median $28 across 29 hospitalsAR$28Tennessee: median $46 across 53 hospitalsTN$46North Carolina: median $69 across 75 hospitalsNC$69South Carolina: median $109 across 36 hospitalsSC$109Oklahoma: median $41 across 52 hospitalsOK$41Louisiana: median $30 across 40 hospitalsLA$30Mississippi: median $34 across 48 hospitalsMS$34Alabama: median $44 across 31 hospitalsAL$44Georgia: median $54 across 90 hospitalsGA$54Hawaii: median $62 across 15 hospitalsHI$62Texas: median $102 across 171 hospitalsTX$102Florida: median $46 across 119 hospitalsFL$46
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $55. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT34$190+248%$80 – $223
South Carolina SC36$109+101%$67 – $143
Texas TX171$102+87%$42 – $156
Colorado CO46$93+71%$42 – $173
Idaho ID17$89+63%$42 – $120
Missouri MO57$76+40%$44 – $222
Kansas KS49$74+36%$30 – $118
Kentucky KY54$74+35%$35 – $111
Illinois IL103$72+33%$43 – $134
North Carolina NC75$69+26%$37 – $115
Minnesota MN38$68+25%$48 – $123
Nebraska NE39$67+22%$36 – $131
Montana MT14$63+15%$44 – $122
Maine ME22$62+14%$25 – $113
Hawaii HI15$62+13%$47 – $108
North Dakota ND10$61+12%$41 – $71
Ohio OH104$61+11%$44 – $109
Nevada NV16$57+4%$31 – $100
Massachusetts MA37$55+2%$26 – $93
Oregon OR36$550%$35 – $65
Georgia GA90$54−1%$35 – $143
West Virginia WV26$52−6%$32 – $60
Wisconsin WI74$50−8%$32 – $72
Arizona AZ31$50−9%$18 – $166
Connecticut CT14$49−10%$38 – $62
Iowa IA42$49−11%$41 – $77
New Hampshire NH12$47−13%$19 – $162
Pennsylvania PA103$47−14%$13 – $94
Florida FL119$46−16%$15 – $178
Tennessee TN53$46−16%$18 – $72
Washington WA46$46−16%$36 – $91
Alabama AL31$44−19%$21 – $130
California CA128$44−20%$11 – $100
Oklahoma OK52$41−24%$35 – $99
Maryland MD31$41−25%$31 – $47
Virginia VA42$40−27%$13 – $87
Indiana IN73$39−28%$23 – $79
Mississippi MS48$34−37%$20 – $83
Louisiana LA40$30−45%$17 – $76
Arkansas AR29$28−49%$20 – $126
New York NY86$25−54%$14 – $66
Michigan MI58$18−68%$6 – $54
New Jersey NJ51$13−76%$12 – $98
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not 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 $55.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,769$54$21 – $115
Children’s43$75$25 – $156
Critical access484$61$32 – $113
Ownership
For-profit341$69$29 – $196
Government337$54$25 – $101
Non-profit1,618$54$23 – $111
System affiliation
Part of a system1,923$55$24 – $117
Independent381$51$25 – $102

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$100
Median cash price$55
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

1,607 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $55 and the average of the middle 60% is $61; most fall between $27 and $113.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,607 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
$18$34$55$100$163

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($18 vs $163).

Of the 1,790 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,607 gave a usable cash price; 105 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 78 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,304 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (58%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,525 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,304
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here128
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 — excluded92
Hospitals that filed this code2,525

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 July 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 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 Cryptococcal Antigen-Serum.

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, “Antibody screen by particle agglutination, one antibody (CPT 86403) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86403-antibody-screen-by-particle-agglutination-one-antibody