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Epstein-Barr virus early antigen antibody test

CPT 86663the billing code this page is about

A blood test for antibodies against the early antigen of Epstein-Barr virus, the virus that causes mononucleosis.

Hospitals typically charge $60 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,924 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $64. Most fall between $24 and $119 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,924
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 2,924 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$60$105$167

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($15 vs $167).

How the prices are spread

$11 – $15: 131 hospitals$11$15 – $20: 177 hospitals$20 – $28: 221 hospitals$20$28 – $38: 253 hospitals$38 – $52: 354 hospitals$38$52 – $71: 363 hospitals$71 – $96: 428 hospitals$71$96 – $132: 361 hospitals$132 – $180: 237 hospitals$132$180 – $247: 115 hospitals$180median $60price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,640 of 2,924 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$11$15131
$15$20177
$20$28221
$28$38253
$38$52354
$52$71363
$71$96428
$96$132361
$132$180237
$180$247115

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $60.

Alaska: median $72 across 14 hospitalsAK$72Maine: median $42 across 26 hospitalsME$42Vermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $74 across 18 hospitalsNH$74Washington: median $69 across 65 hospitalsWA$69Idaho: median $62 across 23 hospitalsID$62Montana: median $106 across 26 hospitalsMT$106North Dakota: median $85 across 23 hospitalsND$85Minnesota: median $58 across 76 hospitalsMN$58Illinois: median $73 across 124 hospitalsIL$73Wisconsin: median $71 across 100 hospitalsWI$71Michigan: median $31 across 98 hospitalsMI$31New York: median $29 across 98 hospitalsNY$29Massachusetts: median $61 across 49 hospitalsMA$61Oregon: median $58 across 46 hospitalsOR$58Nevada: median $64 across 19 hospitalsNV$64Wyoming: median $80 across 13 hospitalsWY$80South Dakota: median $80 across 20 hospitalsSD$80Iowa: median $53 across 68 hospitalsIA$53Indiana: median $59 across 89 hospitalsIN$59Ohio: median $59 across 136 hospitalsOH$59Pennsylvania: median $74 across 117 hospitalsPA$74New Jersey: median $15 across 57 hospitalsNJ$15Connecticut: median $58 across 22 hospitalsCT$58Rhode Island: median $78 across 10 hospitalsRI$78California: median $39 across 118 hospitalsCA$39Utah: median $88 across 41 hospitalsUT$88Colorado: median $82 across 58 hospitalsCO$82Nebraska: median $94 across 68 hospitalsNE$94Missouri: median $65 across 68 hospitalsMO$65Kentucky: median $45 across 66 hospitalsKY$45West Virginia: median $57 across 42 hospitalsWV$57Virginia: median $76 across 68 hospitalsVA$76Maryland: median $90 across 38 hospitalsMD$90Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $84 across 40 hospitalsAZ$84New Mexico: median $86 across 23 hospitalsNM$86Kansas: median $81 across 69 hospitalsKS$81Arkansas: median $27 across 35 hospitalsAR$27Tennessee: median $40 across 63 hospitalsTN$40North Carolina: median $89 across 70 hospitalsNC$89South Carolina: median $121 across 51 hospitalsSC$121Oklahoma: median $68 across 67 hospitalsOK$68Louisiana: median $44 across 49 hospitalsLA$44Mississippi: median $38 across 48 hospitalsMS$38Alabama: median $47 across 33 hospitalsAL$47Georgia: median $56 across 90 hospitalsGA$56Hawaii: median $66 across 16 hospitalsHI$66Texas: median $57 across 208 hospitalsTX$57Florida: median $29 across 145 hospitalsFL$29
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $60. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC51$121+102%$60 – $210
Montana MT26$106+77%$60 – $155
Nebraska NE68$94+57%$33 – $139
Maryland MD38$90+49%$66 – $107
North Carolina NC70$89+48%$21 – $109
Utah UT41$88+47%$76 – $90
New Mexico NM23$86+43%$49 – $118
North Dakota ND23$85+42%$23 – $105
Arizona AZ40$84+40%$20 – $140
Colorado CO58$82+36%$28 – $213
Kansas KS69$81+35%$38 – $122
South Dakota SD20$80+34%$50 – $126
Wyoming WY13$80+33%$42 – $115
Rhode Island RI10$78+30%$30 – $105
Virginia VA68$76+27%$50 – $146
Pennsylvania PA117$74+23%$20 – $155
New Hampshire NH18$74+23%$23 – $226
Illinois IL124$73+21%$40 – $158
Alaska AK14$72+20%$42 – $124
Wisconsin WI100$71+18%$38 – $122
Washington WA65$69+14%$41 – $123
Oklahoma OK67$68+13%$35 – $97
Hawaii HI16$66+10%$34 – $119
Missouri MO68$65+8%$24 – $119
Nevada NV19$64+7%$32 – $151
Idaho ID23$62+4%$57 – $98
Massachusetts MA49$61+1%$34 – $125
Indiana IN89$59−1%$25 – $118
Ohio OH136$59−1%$36 – $108
Minnesota MN76$58−3%$24 – $102
Connecticut CT22$58−3%$32 – $109
Oregon OR46$58−4%$40 – $73
West Virginia WV42$57−5%$38 – $118
Texas TX208$57−6%$18 – $223
Georgia GA90$56−6%$32 – $90
Iowa IA68$53−12%$41 – $94
Alabama AL33$47−22%$18 – $146
Kentucky KY66$45−25%$30 – $134
Louisiana LA49$44−26%$23 – $76
Maine ME26$42−30%$26 – $84
Tennessee TN63$40−34%$23 – $80
California CA118$39−36%$8 – $87
Mississippi MS48$38−37%$22 – $63
Michigan MI98$31−49%$17 – $105
New York NY98$29−52%$13 – $80
Florida FL145$29−52%$11 – $92
Arkansas AR35$27−55%$11 – $88
New Jersey NJ57$15−75%$14 – $56
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not 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 $60.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,087$55$21 – $118
Children’s56$77$29 – $127
Critical access771$73$37 – $122
Ownership
For-profit414$71$23 – $211
Government496$60$27 – $116
Non-profit2,004$59$23 – $112
System affiliation
Part of a system2,398$60$23 – $122
Independent526$61$27 – $106

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$100
Median cash price$60
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

2,019 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $60 and the average of the middle 60% is $64; most fall between $28 and $116.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,019 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$33$60$104$160

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($18 vs $160).

Of the 2,216 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,019 gave a usable cash price; 108 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 89 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,924 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (74%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,178 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,924
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here147
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded104
Hospitals that filed this code3,178

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 Epstein Barr Early Antigen.

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, “Epstein-Barr virus early antigen antibody test (CPT 86663) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86663-epstein-barr-virus-early-antigen-antibody-test