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Procedure price report · Other Laboratory

Antibody level by particle agglutination, one antibody

CPT 86406the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that uses coated particles clumping together to measure how much of a specific antibody is present; billed once for each antibody titered.

Hospitals typically charge $56 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,204 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $60. Most fall between $24 and $112 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,204
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 1,204 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$56$97$153

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($15 vs $153).

How the prices are spread

$12 – $16: 78 hospitals$12$16 – $21: 69 hospitals$21 – $28: 77 hospitals$21$28 – $37: 119 hospitals$37 – $50: 131 hospitals$37$50 – $67: 162 hospitals$67 – $90: 154 hospitals$67$90 – $120: 135 hospitals$120 – $161: 110 hospitals$120$161 – $215: 49 hospitals$161median $56price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,084 of 1,204 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$12$1678
$16$2169
$21$2877
$28$37119
$37$50131
$50$67162
$67$90154
$90$120135
$120$161110
$161$21549

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $56.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: median $41 across 20 hospitalsWA$41Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $69 across 12 hospitalsMN$69Illinois: median $89 across 65 hospitalsIL$89Wisconsin: median $58 across 30 hospitalsWI$58Michigan: median $30 across 24 hospitalsMI$30New York: median $32 across 58 hospitalsNY$32Massachusetts: median $43 across 25 hospitalsMA$43Oregon: median $53 across 14 hospitalsOR$53Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $49 across 23 hospitalsIA$49Indiana: median $28 across 42 hospitalsIN$28Ohio: median $78 across 73 hospitalsOH$78Pennsylvania: median $52 across 87 hospitalsPA$52New Jersey: median $12 across 39 hospitalsNJ$12Connecticut: median $41 across 11 hospitalsCT$41Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $77 across 102 hospitalsCA$77Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $60 across 20 hospitalsCO$60Nebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $56 across 28 hospitalsMO$56Kentucky: median $38 across 11 hospitalsKY$38West Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $49 across 27 hospitalsVA$49Maryland: median $65 across 18 hospitalsMD$65Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $172 across 17 hospitalsAZ$172New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $59 across 12 hospitalsKS$59Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $29 across 19 hospitalsTN$29North Carolina: median $47 across 40 hospitalsNC$47South Carolina: median $76 across 30 hospitalsSC$76Oklahoma: median $80 across 35 hospitalsOK$80Louisiana: median $45 across 16 hospitalsLA$45Mississippi: median $25 across 21 hospitalsMS$25Alabama: median $25 across 16 hospitalsAL$25Georgia: median $56 across 55 hospitalsGA$56Hawaii: median $76 across 12 hospitalsHI$76Texas: median $86 across 87 hospitalsTX$86Florida: median $53 across 54 hospitalsFL$53
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $56. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ17$172+207%$21 – $334
Illinois IL65$89+58%$49 – $208
Texas TX87$86+52%$54 – $123
Oklahoma OK35$80+43%$19 – $114
Ohio OH73$78+38%$35 – $136
California CA102$77+37%$34 – $106
South Carolina SC30$76+36%$48 – $99
Hawaii HI12$76+35%$65 – $85
Minnesota MN12$69+23%$69 – $95
Maryland MD18$65+17%$50 – $96
Colorado CO20$60+6%$16 – $99
Kansas KS12$59+6%$22 – $88
Wisconsin WI30$58+2%$48 – $71
Missouri MO28$56+1%$12 – $92
Georgia GA55$560%$29 – $131
Florida FL54$53−6%$31 – $168
Oregon OR14$53−6%$32 – $56
Pennsylvania PA87$52−8%$12 – $125
Virginia VA27$49−13%$27 – $109
Iowa IA23$49−13%$48 – $53
North Carolina NC40$47−17%$29 – $84
Louisiana LA16$45−20%$17 – $78
Massachusetts MA25$43−23%$26 – $66
Connecticut CT11$41−26%$39 – $57
Washington WA20$41−27%$24 – $48
Kentucky KY11$38−33%$29 – $52
New York NY58$32−43%$11 – $53
Michigan MI24$30−47%$15 – $94
Tennessee TN19$29−48%$19 – $98
Indiana IN42$28−51%$18 – $139
Alabama AL16$25−55%$15 – $71
Mississippi MS21$25−56%$20 – $110
New Jersey NJ39$12−79%$11 – $116
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $56.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,000$56$22 – $105
Children’s35$76$34 – $152
Critical access162$60$29 – $129
Ownership
For-profit133$55$21 – $127
Government149$45$25 – $98
Non-profit915$58$24 – $112
System affiliation
Part of a system1,046$56$24 – $110
Independent158$50$24 – $116

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$105
Median cash price$56
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

899 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $62 and the average of the middle 60% is $66; most fall between $29 and $121.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 899 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
$19$34$62$102$157

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($19 vs $157).

Of the 1,017 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 899 gave a usable cash price; 71 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 47 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,204 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 1,335 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,204
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here78
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 — excluded52
Hospitals that filed this code1,335

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 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 Crypto Ag, Quan.

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 level by particle agglutination, one antibody (CPT 86406) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86406-antibody-level-by-particle-agglutination-one-antibody