Lab tests CPT 86696 Outpatient

Herpes (HSV-2) blood test cost in Charlottesville, VA

In Charlottesville, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for herpes blood test, HSV-2 antibody: from $9.00 to $9.00, with a median of $9.00. Across Virginia, the median is $38.40 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 86696, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$9.00Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital
Median$9.00half pay less
Highest$9.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 Charlottesville, VA.

median
Lowest $9.00Highest $86.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital lowest Charlottesville, VA · (434) 654-7000 Chgl (Qu) Torch Panel, Convalenscent, S/O $9.00 $18.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital lowest Charlottesville, VA · (434) 654-7000 Chgl (Qu) Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (Igg),W/Refl Hsv-2 Inhib, S/O $9.00 $18.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville, VA · (434) 654-7000 Chgl (Qu) Herpes Simplex Virus 1/2 (Igg), W/Refl Hsv-2 Inhib, S/O $10.00 $20.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville, VA · (434) 654-7000 Chgl Herpes Simplex Igm2 $82.00 $164.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville, VA · (434) 654-7000 Chgl Herpes Simplex Igg 2 $86.00 $172.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $9.00, median $9.00, highest $9.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $9.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This blood test looks for antibodies to herpes simplex virus type 2, the usual cause of genital herpes.

What the price covers

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

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86696 ($66.08). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville, VAChgl (Qu) Hsv 1/2 Igg,Type Specific, S/O $6.50 file