Hepatitis B core antibody cost in Pensacola, FL
In Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for hepatitis B core antibody test (total): from $26.40 to $119.05, with a median of $72.73. The lowest listed price is at Sacred Heart Hospital — $46.33 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $37.96 at 149 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 86704, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Hospital lowest Pensacola, FL · (850) 416-7000 HEP B CORE ANTIB | $26.40 | $66.00 | $12.05–$45.88 | 60% | — source file |
| Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola, FL · (850) 416-7000 HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY | $60.08 | $150.20 | $12.05–$45.88 | 60% | — source file |
| HCA Florida West Hospital Pensacola, FL · (850) 494-4000 Hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb); total | $119.05 | $119.05 | $12.05 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida West Hospital Pensacola, FL · (850) 494-4000 Hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb); total UNSCHEDULED | $119.05 | $119.05 | $83.07–$87.44 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida West Hospital Pensacola, FL · (850) 494-4000 HEP B CORE AB TOTAL | $119.05 | $119.05 | $15.12–$119.05 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $26.40, median $72.73, highest $119.05 — a 4.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $14.74. 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 1 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
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.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86704 ($68.70). 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.
| Gulf Breeze Hospital Gulf Breeze, FLHEPATITIS B CORE TOTAL AB | $1.50 | file |
| Baptist Health Care Pensacola, FLHEPATITIS B CORE TOTAL AB | $1.50 | file |
| Jay Hospital Jay, FLHEPATITIS B CORE TOTAL AB | $2.10 | file |
| HMA Santa Rosa Medical Center Milton, FLHepatitis B Core Ab Total (LC) | $6.32 | file |