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Allergen-Specific Antibody Blood Test (IgG)

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 86001

This blood test measures the level of a specific type of antibody, called IgG, that the body has made in response to a particular substance, such as a food or environmental allergen. It is measured separately for each individual substance being tested.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Allergen-Specific Antibody Blood Test (IgG) cost?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.24$4.68 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$6.92 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $21
$10$100$1Kfacility $10professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$22.91
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$30.90
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$26.92
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$22.91
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$16.60
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.49
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.61
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.20
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.02

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$7.76

AK $17.78KY $5.13

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.