Lab tests CPT 86735 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Mumps immunity test cost in Omaha, NE — inpatient

In Omaha, NE-IA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for mumps immunity blood test as an inpatient: from $9.31 to $120.00, with a median of $22.44. The lowest listed price is at Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa — $13.13 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $90.00 at 43 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 86735, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 14, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$9.31Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa
Median$22.44half of hospitals charge less
Highest$120.00in this market
Difference12.9×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 Omaha, NE-IA.

median
Lowest $9.31Highest $120.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa lowest Missouri Valley, IA · (712) 642-2784 HC RHC MUMPS ANTIBODY File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $9.31 $19.00 $10.83–$18.62 51%
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 396-6000 Mumps Virus Antibody IgM+1 more line at this price File of Feb 15, 2026 · source file $20.40 $68.00 — 70%
Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 Mumps Antibody IgG+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 14, 2026 · source file $24.48 $68.00 $34.00 64%
Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley, IA · (712) 642-2784 HC MUMPS ANTIBODY File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $87.71 $179.00 $102.03–$175.42 51%
Saunders Medical Center Wahoo, NE · (402) 443-4191 Mumps IGG+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file $120.00 $160.00 — 25%
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.

Inpatient: lowest $9.31, median $22.44, highest $120.00 — a 12.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $20.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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 2 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 mumps antibody test shows whether you are immune to mumps. It is often ordered with measles and rubella tests for school, work or travel when vaccine records are missing.

What the price covers

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

6 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86735 ($55.56). 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
CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NEHC MUMPS ANTIBODY $3.78 file
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IAHC MUMPS ANTIBODY $3.78 file
CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NEHC MUMPS ANTIBODY $3.78 file
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NEHC MUMPS ANTIBODY $3.78 file
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha, NEHC MUMPS ANTIBODY $3.78 file
Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha, NEHC MUMPS ANTIBODY $3.78 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.