Lab tests CPT 86704 Outpatient

Hepatitis B core antibody cost in Oklahoma City, OK

In Oklahoma City, OK, 6 hospitals list a cash price for hepatitis B core antibody test (total): from $11.20 to $79.95, with a median of $21.54. The lowest listed price is at OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center — $10.34 less than the median here. Across Oklahoma, the median is $49.00 at 57 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 3 cities for code 86704, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 27, 2026 and Jun 18, 2026.

Lowest$11.20OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Median$21.54half of hospitals charge less
Highest$79.95in this market
Difference7.1×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 Oklahoma City, OK.

median
Lowest $11.20Highest $79.95

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center lowest Oklahoma City, OK HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY MEASUREMENT source file $11.20 $112.00 $12.05–$448.00 90%
Oklahoma Heart Hospital South Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 628-6000 HC Hep B Core Ab Test, Total - Hepatitis B Core Antibody, Total File of Mar 27, 2026 · source file $20.30 $58.00 $10.72–$52.20 65%
Oklahoma Heart Hospital Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 608-3200 HC Hep B Core Ab Test, Total - Hepatitis B Core Antibody, Total File of Mar 27, 2026 · source file $20.30 $58.00 $10.72–$52.20 65%
Purcell Municipal Hospital Purcell, OK · (405) 527-6524 Hepatitis B core antibody measurement File of Jun 18, 2026 · source file $22.78 $37.96 $4.57–$37.96 40%
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 755-1515 Hepatitis B Core Antibody Total source file $74.75 $115.00 $9.81–$32.81 35%
Mercy Hospital Logan County Guthrie, OK · (405) 282-6700 Hepatitis B Core Antibody Total source file $79.95 $123.00 $10.72–$16.27 35%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $11.20, median $21.54, highest $79.95 — a 7.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $109.41. 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 4 of 6 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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

A hepatitis B core antibody test shows whether a person has ever been infected with hepatitis B. It is part of hepatitis B screening together with the surface antigen and surface antibody tests.

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 86704 ($68.40). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Oklahoma City, OKHEP B CORE ANTIBODY TOTAL $1.51 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.