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Blood test for lymphocytic choriomeningitis antibodies

CPT 86727the billing code this page is about

A blood test that looks for antibodies to the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, which is spread by rodents.

Hospitals typically charge $44 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,206 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $50. Most fall between $23 and $114 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,206
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 1,206 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
$14$25$44$86$176

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($14 vs $176).

How the prices are spread

$12 – $16: 96 hospitals$12$16 – $22: 90 hospitals$22 – $31: 187 hospitals$22$31 – $42: 141 hospitals$42 – $57: 161 hospitals$42$57 – $78: 146 hospitals$78 – $107: 79 hospitals$78$107 – $147: 70 hospitals$147 – $201: 90 hospitals$147$201 – $274: 37 hospitals$201median $44price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,097 of 1,206 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$12$1696
$16$2290
$22$31187
$31$42141
$42$57161
$57$78146
$78$10779
$107$14770
$147$20190
$201$27437

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $44.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $28 across 17 hospitalsWA$28Idaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $40 across 13 hospitalsMN$40Illinois: median $44 across 54 hospitalsIL$44Wisconsin: median $43 across 16 hospitalsWI$43Michigan: median $18 across 23 hospitalsMI$18New York: median $28 across 52 hospitalsNY$28Massachusetts: median $75 across 33 hospitalsMA$75Oregon: median $42 across 13 hospitalsOR$42Nevada: median $36 across 11 hospitalsNV$36Wyoming: 8 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 35 hospitalsIN$28Ohio: median $99 across 57 hospitalsOH$99Pennsylvania: median $45 across 70 hospitalsPA$45New Jersey: median $14 across 38 hospitalsNJ$14Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $42 across 85 hospitalsCA$42Utah: median $150 across 27 hospitalsUT$150Colorado: median $82 across 37 hospitalsCO$82Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $48 across 31 hospitalsMO$48Kentucky: median $55 across 19 hospitalsKY$55West Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $58 across 40 hospitalsVA$58Maryland: median $53 across 28 hospitalsMD$53Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $91 across 16 hospitalsAZ$91New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $137 across 19 hospitalsKS$137Arkansas: median $59 across 16 hospitalsAR$59Tennessee: median $35 across 30 hospitalsTN$35North Carolina: median $36 across 23 hospitalsNC$36South Carolina: median $72 across 19 hospitalsSC$72Oklahoma: median $23 across 33 hospitalsOK$23Louisiana: median $30 across 21 hospitalsLA$30Mississippi: median $34 across 17 hospitalsMS$34Alabama: median $50 across 11 hospitalsAL$50Georgia: median $29 across 48 hospitalsGA$29Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $38 across 117 hospitalsTX$38Florida: median $27 across 46 hospitalsFL$27
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $44. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT27$150+244%$123 – $176
Kansas KS19$137+214%$73 – $392
Ohio OH57$99+127%$35 – $222
Arizona AZ16$91+110%$22 – $135
Colorado CO37$82+88%$46 – $169
Massachusetts MA33$75+72%$31 – $158
South Carolina SC19$72+66%$52 – $90
Arkansas AR16$59+36%$23 – $63
Virginia VA40$58+33%$46 – $80
Kentucky KY19$55+27%$27 – $163
Maryland MD28$53+22%$42 – $64
Alabama AL11$50+15%$16 – $69
Iowa IA23$49+12%$46 – $60
Missouri MO31$48+10%$26 – $128
Pennsylvania PA70$45+3%$15 – $157
Illinois IL54$440%$27 – $94
Wisconsin WI16$430%$34 – $67
California CA85$42−3%$11 – $114
Oregon OR13$42−4%$33 – $42
Minnesota MN13$40−8%$31 – $58
Texas TX117$38−12%$26 – $125
North Carolina NC23$36−18%$17 – $40
Nevada NV11$36−18%$27 – $63
Tennessee TN30$35−20%$23 – $54
Mississippi MS17$34−22%$18 – $55
Louisiana LA21$30−31%$22 – $39
Georgia GA48$29−33%$25 – $64
New York NY52$28−36%$13 – $59
Washington WA17$28−36%$28 – $58
Indiana IN35$28−36%$16 – $46
Florida FL46$27−38%$13 – $199
Oklahoma OK33$23−47%$18 – $49
Michigan MI23$18−59%$12 – $43
New Jersey NJ38$14−67%$13 – $73
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $44.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,030$42$21 – $114
Children’s32$50$29 – $99
Critical access139$59$32 – $147
Ownership
For-profit171$61$26 – $250
Government141$34$18 – $76
Non-profit889$44$23 – $105
System affiliation
Part of a system1,048$44$23 – $114
Independent158$43$22 – $98

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$83
Median cash price$44
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

864 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $47 and the average of the middle 60% is $51; most fall between $25 and $107.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 864 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$29$47$84$158

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($18 vs $158).

Of the 979 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 864 gave a usable cash price; 62 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 53 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,206 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 1,336 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,206
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here75
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 — excluded54
Hospitals that filed this code1,336

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 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 LYMPH CHORIOMENINGITIS AB.

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 lymphocytic choriomeningitis antibodies (CPT 86727) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86727-blood-test-for-lymphocytic-choriomeningitis-antibodies