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Blood test for hepatitis B core antibody, IgM type

CPT 86705the billing code this page is about

A blood test that measures only the IgM class of antibody to the hepatitis B core, the type that appears early in infection.

Hospitals typically charge $69 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,201 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $74. Most fall between $32 and $131 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,201
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 3,201 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$39$69$119$185

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($18 vs $185).

How the prices are spread

$13 – $17: 148 hospitals$13$17 – $24: 142 hospitals$24 – $32: 202 hospitals$24$32 – $43: 307 hospitals$43 – $59: 387 hospitals$43$59 – $80: 482 hospitals$80 – $108: 460 hospitals$80$108 – $147: 390 hospitals$147 – $200: 232 hospitals$147$200 – $271: 132 hospitals$200median $69price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,882 of 3,201 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$13$17148
$17$24142
$24$32202
$32$43307
$43$59387
$59$80482
$80$108460
$108$147390
$147$200232
$200$271132

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $69.

Alaska: median $97 across 18 hospitalsAK$97Maine: median $53 across 27 hospitalsME$53Vermont: median $102 across 14 hospitalsVT$102New Hampshire: median $70 across 25 hospitalsNH$70Washington: median $65 across 76 hospitalsWA$65Idaho: median $54 across 24 hospitalsID$54Montana: median $85 across 30 hospitalsMT$85North Dakota: median $69 across 34 hospitalsND$69Minnesota: median $81 across 102 hospitalsMN$81Illinois: median $105 across 135 hospitalsIL$105Wisconsin: median $88 across 101 hospitalsWI$88Michigan: median $46 across 94 hospitalsMI$46New York: median $43 across 104 hospitalsNY$43Massachusetts: median $76 across 48 hospitalsMA$76Oregon: median $73 across 48 hospitalsOR$73Nevada: median $58 across 18 hospitalsNV$58Wyoming: median $79 across 14 hospitalsWY$79South Dakota: median $139 across 28 hospitalsSD$139Iowa: median $68 across 83 hospitalsIA$68Indiana: median $77 across 94 hospitalsIN$77Ohio: median $61 across 141 hospitalsOH$61Pennsylvania: median $59 across 122 hospitalsPA$59New Jersey: median $14 across 56 hospitalsNJ$14Connecticut: median $52 across 22 hospitalsCT$52Rhode Island: median $98 across 10 hospitalsRI$98California: median $69 across 148 hospitalsCA$69Utah: median $66 across 40 hospitalsUT$66Colorado: median $76 across 69 hospitalsCO$76Nebraska: median $97 across 74 hospitalsNE$97Missouri: median $66 across 76 hospitalsMO$66Kentucky: median $79 across 68 hospitalsKY$79West Virginia: median $60 across 42 hospitalsWV$60Virginia: median $94 across 71 hospitalsVA$94Maryland: median $54 across 41 hospitalsMD$54Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $68 across 38 hospitalsAZ$68New Mexico: median $61 across 23 hospitalsNM$61Kansas: median $67 across 82 hospitalsKS$67Arkansas: median $37 across 36 hospitalsAR$37Tennessee: median $40 across 74 hospitalsTN$40North Carolina: median $67 across 84 hospitalsNC$67South Carolina: median $103 across 52 hospitalsSC$103Oklahoma: median $49 across 69 hospitalsOK$49Louisiana: median $46 across 51 hospitalsLA$46Mississippi: median $47 across 53 hospitalsMS$47Alabama: median $75 across 42 hospitalsAL$75Georgia: median $86 across 105 hospitalsGA$86Hawaii: median $74 across 17 hospitalsHI$74Texas: median $118 across 232 hospitalsTX$118Florida: median $47 across 141 hospitalsFL$47
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $69. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD28$139+101%$55 – $231
Texas TX232$118+70%$50 – $222
Illinois IL135$105+51%$58 – $189
South Carolina SC52$103+48%$47 – $104
Vermont VT14$102+47%$55 – $200
Rhode Island RI10$98+41%$37 – $103
Nebraska NE74$97+40%$66 – $148
Alaska AK18$97+40%$19 – $141
Virginia VA71$94+35%$51 – $130
Wisconsin WI101$88+27%$54 – $107
Georgia GA105$86+24%$30 – $143
Montana MT30$85+23%$54 – $123
Minnesota MN102$81+18%$30 – $123
Wyoming WY14$79+14%$52 – $116
Kentucky KY68$79+14%$34 – $148
Indiana IN94$77+11%$26 – $133
Colorado CO69$76+10%$44 – $113
Massachusetts MA48$76+9%$41 – $141
Alabama AL42$75+8%$22 – $150
Hawaii HI17$74+7%$59 – $107
Oregon OR48$73+6%$47 – $99
New Hampshire NH25$70+1%$43 – $149
North Dakota ND34$690%$22 – $95
California CA148$69−1%$8 – $148
Iowa IA83$68−1%$49 – $115
Arizona AZ38$68−2%$28 – $228
North Carolina NC84$67−3%$18 – $135
Kansas KS82$67−4%$40 – $120
Missouri MO76$66−4%$41 – $127
Utah UT40$66−5%$56 – $96
Washington WA76$65−6%$44 – $107
New Mexico NM23$61−12%$38 – $131
Ohio OH141$61−12%$32 – $128
West Virginia WV42$60−13%$24 – $100
Pennsylvania PA122$59−15%$18 – $144
Nevada NV18$58−16%$36 – $108
Idaho ID24$54−21%$36 – $96
Maryland MD41$54−22%$42 – $65
Maine ME27$53−23%$35 – $136
Connecticut CT22$52−25%$44 – $71
Oklahoma OK69$49−30%$30 – $81
Mississippi MS53$47−32%$25 – $74
Florida FL141$47−33%$18 – $146
Louisiana LA51$46−34%$22 – $74
Michigan MI94$46−34%$16 – $90
New York NY104$43−38%$14 – $156
Tennessee TN74$40−42%$24 – $79
Arkansas AR36$37−46%$10 – $53
New Jersey NJ56$14−80%$13 – $42
Delaware DE5not 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 $69.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,233$67$28 – $134
Children’s63$92$56 – $148
Critical access895$74$41 – $125
Ownership
For-profit439$82$35 – $237
Government584$71$31 – $124
Non-profit2,168$68$31 – $127
System affiliation
Part of a system2,604$71$31 – $136
Independent597$64$32 – $116

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$118
Median cash price$69
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

2,168 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $72 and the average of the middle 60% is $76; most fall between $34 and $131.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,168 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
$21$41$72$120$174

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($21 vs $174).

Of the 2,404 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,168 gave a usable cash price; 127 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 109 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,201 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (81%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,503 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,201
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here176
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 — excluded125
Hospitals that filed this code3,503

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 Anti - Hbc -Igm Ab-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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Blood test for hepatitis B core antibody, IgM type (CPT 86705) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86705-blood-test-for-hepatitis-b-core-antibody-igm-type