Aquaporin-4 antibody test by flow cytometry at Sanford Wheaton

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

Model: claude-haiku-5-5
Provider: anthropic
API: message_batches
Reasoning effort: low
Max output tokens: 4096
Prompt version (hash): 444523875572
Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

AQUAPORIN-4 ANTIBODY NMO FLOW CYTOMETRY EACH SO 86053.900

Wheaton, MN

See all hospitals reporting CPT 86053 →

SharePost on X LinkedIn

Pricing by billing methodology

Price type

How this price compares nationally

Sanford Wheaton’s median price of $207 is 420% above the median hospital's median price ($40), higher than 88% of the 1,969 hospitals reporting CPT 86053. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 86053 at Sanford Wheaton

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 26 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

Filter by billing methodology

Filter by billing class

#
1	Bcbs Mn pmap percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$58	$58	—	—	—	$58 – $58
2	Sanford Health Plan medicare replacement percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$120	$120	—	—	—	$120 – $120
3	Ucare medicare replacement percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$129	$129	—	—	—	$129 – $129
4	Aetna medicare replacement percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$130	$130	—	—	—	$130 – $130
5	Bcbs Mn medicare replacement percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$130	$130	—	—	—	$130 – $130
6	UnitedHealthcare medicare replacement percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$130	$130	—	—	—	$130 – $130
7	Bcbs Nd commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$164	$164	—	—	—	$164 – $164
8	Sanford Health Plan group health/true percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$188	$188	—	—	—	$188 – $188
9	Sanford Health Plan group health/true percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$188	$188	—	—	—	$188 – $188
10	UnitedHealthcare commercial + top 20 percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$199	$199	—	—	—	$199 – $199
11	UnitedHealthcare commercial + top 20 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$199	$199	—	—	—	$199 – $199
12	Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$207	$207	—	—	—	$207 – $207
13	Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$207	$207	—	—	—	$207 – $207
14	Ucare commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$209	$209	—	—	—	$209 – $209
15	Ucare commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$209	$209	—	—	—	$209 – $209
16	Medica choice percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$209	$209	—	—	—	$209 – $209
17	Medica choice percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$210	$210	—	—	—	$210 – $210
18	MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$214	$214	—	—	—	$214 – $214
19	MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$214	$214	—	—	—	$214 – $214
20	Bcbs Mn commercial/federal percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$220	$220	—	—	—	$220 – $220
21	Sanford Health Plan commercial/nd pers/sd exchange commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$221	$221	—	—	—	$221 – $221
22	Sanford Health Plan commercial/nd pers/sd exchange commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$221	$221	—	—	—	$221 – $221
23	Sanford Health Plan sd exchange true percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$221	$221	—	—	—	$221 – $221
24	Sanford Health Plan sd exchange true percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$221	$221	—	—	—	$221 – $221
25	Medica elect percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$224	$224	—	—	—	$224 – $224

Page 1 of 2 · 26 rates

Last updated: Mar 4, 2026

Compare to other hospitals

See Aquaporin-4 antibody test by flow cytometry pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.