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Blood test for recent cytomegalovirus infection (IgM)

CPT 86645the billing code this page is about

A blood test that measures IgM class antibodies to cytomegalovirus, the type that usually appears early in an infection.

Hospitals typically charge $75 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,181 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $78. Most fall between $28 and $145 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,181
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 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 3,181 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
$17$34$75$130$205

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($17 vs $205).

How the prices are spread

$11 – $16: 138 hospitals$11$16 – $22: 205 hospitals$22 – $31: 226 hospitals$22$31 – $43: 267 hospitals$43 – $59: 307 hospitals$43$59 – $82: 417 hospitals$82 – $114: 500 hospitals$82$114 – $159: 436 hospitals$159 – $221: 270 hospitals$159$221 – $307: 104 hospitals$221median $75price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,870 of 3,181 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$11$16138
$16$22205
$22$31226
$31$43267
$43$59307
$59$82417
$82$114500
$114$159436
$159$221270
$221$307104

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $75.

Alaska: median $71 across 17 hospitalsAK$71Maine: median $47 across 28 hospitalsME$47Vermont: median $119 across 14 hospitalsVT$119New Hampshire: median $94 across 25 hospitalsNH$94Washington: median $88 across 75 hospitalsWA$88Idaho: median $50 across 22 hospitalsID$50Montana: median $104 across 28 hospitalsMT$104North Dakota: median $73 across 31 hospitalsND$73Minnesota: median $80 across 98 hospitalsMN$80Illinois: median $99 across 141 hospitalsIL$99Wisconsin: median $89 across 103 hospitalsWI$89Michigan: median $44 across 92 hospitalsMI$44New York: median $44 across 105 hospitalsNY$44Massachusetts: median $89 across 52 hospitalsMA$89Oregon: median $68 across 45 hospitalsOR$68Nevada: median $81 across 20 hospitalsNV$81Wyoming: median $73 across 16 hospitalsWY$73South Dakota: median $114 across 35 hospitalsSD$114Iowa: median $85 across 88 hospitalsIA$85Indiana: median $63 across 95 hospitalsIN$63Ohio: median $75 across 140 hospitalsOH$75Pennsylvania: median $80 across 120 hospitalsPA$80New Jersey: median $19 across 52 hospitalsNJ$19Connecticut: median $73 across 21 hospitalsCT$73Rhode Island: median $84 across 10 hospitalsRI$84California: median $22 across 137 hospitalsCA$22Utah: median $82 across 40 hospitalsUT$82Colorado: median $61 across 65 hospitalsCO$61Nebraska: median $142 across 72 hospitalsNE$142Missouri: median $96 across 72 hospitalsMO$96Kentucky: median $95 across 66 hospitalsKY$95West Virginia: median $50 across 42 hospitalsWV$50Virginia: median $97 across 73 hospitalsVA$97Maryland: median $68 across 41 hospitalsMD$68Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $121 across 41 hospitalsAZ$121New Mexico: median $93 across 26 hospitalsNM$93Kansas: median $98 across 79 hospitalsKS$98Arkansas: median $28 across 33 hospitalsAR$28Tennessee: median $36 across 79 hospitalsTN$36North Carolina: median $80 across 86 hospitalsNC$80South Carolina: median $116 across 52 hospitalsSC$116Oklahoma: median $69 across 65 hospitalsOK$69Louisiana: median $41 across 48 hospitalsLA$41Mississippi: median $46 across 55 hospitalsMS$46Alabama: median $75 across 44 hospitalsAL$75Georgia: median $67 across 97 hospitalsGA$67Hawaii: median $112 across 17 hospitalsHI$112Texas: median $66 across 230 hospitalsTX$66Florida: median $24 across 141 hospitalsFL$24
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $75. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Nebraska NE72$142+88%$75 – $185
Arizona AZ41$121+60%$26 – $185
Vermont VT14$119+58%$49 – $244
South Carolina SC52$116+54%$70 – $177
South Dakota SD35$114+51%$66 – $178
Hawaii HI17$112+49%$92 – $135
Montana MT28$104+38%$38 – $130
Illinois IL141$99+31%$44 – $198
Kansas KS79$98+30%$70 – $137
Virginia VA73$97+28%$29 – $201
Missouri MO72$96+27%$45 – $143
Kentucky KY66$95+27%$47 – $176
New Hampshire NH25$94+25%$43 – $205
New Mexico NM26$93+23%$50 – $151
Wisconsin WI103$89+18%$52 – $111
Massachusetts MA52$89+18%$49 – $135
Washington WA75$88+17%$34 – $135
Iowa IA88$85+12%$49 – $130
Rhode Island RI10$84+11%$40 – $114
Utah UT40$82+9%$64 – $130
Nevada NV20$81+7%$24 – $130
North Carolina NC86$80+6%$30 – $119
Minnesota MN98$80+6%$42 – $139
Pennsylvania PA120$80+6%$25 – $146
Ohio OH140$750%$46 – $135
Alabama AL44$75−1%$31 – $196
Connecticut CT21$73−3%$47 – $140
Wyoming WY16$73−3%$46 – $130
North Dakota ND31$73−4%$32 – $113
Alaska AK17$71−6%$21 – $166
Oklahoma OK65$69−8%$33 – $95
Oregon OR45$68−10%$51 – $100
Maryland MD41$68−10%$52 – $81
Georgia GA97$67−11%$34 – $132
Texas TX230$66−12%$15 – $233
Indiana IN95$63−16%$31 – $114
Colorado CO65$61−19%$24 – $119
Idaho ID22$50−33%$14 – $130
West Virginia WV42$50−34%$10 – $111
Maine ME28$47−38%$30 – $158
Mississippi MS55$46−40%$17 – $84
New York NY105$44−42%$17 – $129
Michigan MI92$44−42%$17 – $136
Louisiana LA48$41−46%$29 – $64
Tennessee TN79$36−52%$24 – $98
Arkansas AR33$28−63%$20 – $81
Florida FL141$24−68%$11 – $160
California CA137$22−71%$8 – $186
New Jersey NJ52$19−74%$19 – $86
Delaware DE7not 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 $75.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,227$69$24 – $144
Children’s63$84$28 – $149
Critical access881$89$40 – $146
Ownership
For-profit441$95$26 – $296
Government573$80$30 – $131
Non-profit2,157$73$28 – $137
System affiliation
Part of a system2,603$76$27 – $149
Independent578$71$31 – $131

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$122
Median cash price$75
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

2,166 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $75 and the average of the middle 60% is $77; most fall between $29 and $139.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,166 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
$17$35$75$125$187

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($17 vs $187).

Of the 2,390 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,166 gave a usable cash price; 120 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 104 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,181 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (80%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,472 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,181
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here168
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded122
Hospitals that filed this code3,472

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 Hcc Cmv Antibody, Igm-For.

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, “Blood test for recent cytomegalovirus infection (IgM) (CPT 86645) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86645-blood-test-for-recent-cytomegalovirus-infection-igm