Lab tests CPT 86618 Outpatient

Lyme disease test cost in Sheboygan, WI

In Sheboygan, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Lyme disease antibody test: from $57.50 to $118.14, with a median of $87.82. The lowest listed price is at Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County — $30.32 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $69.44 at 81 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 86618, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.

Lowest$57.50Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County
Median$87.82half pay less
Highest$118.14in this market
Difference2.1×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Sheboygan, WI.

median
Lowest $57.50Highest $118.14

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County lowest Sheboygan, WI · (920) 451-5000 AB, LYME DISEASE CSF $57.50 $115.00 $13.62–$97.75 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan, WI · (920) 451-5000 AB, LYME DISEASE $90.00 $180.00 $13.62–$153.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Sheboygan, WI · (920) 459-8300 HC LYME AB $118.14 $179.00 $17.03–$179.00 34% —
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Outpatient: lowest $57.50, median $87.82, highest $118.14 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $87.82. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This blood test looks for antibodies to the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. A positive first test is confirmed with a second test.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.