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Allergy Blood Test For A Specific Substance

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86003

This blood test measures the level of a specific antibody your immune system produces in response to a particular allergen, such as a food, pollen, or pet dander, to help determine whether you have an allergy to that substance. It is performed for one allergen at a time, so multiple allergens tested together are billed as separate instances of this service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Allergy Blood Test For A Specific Substance cost?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.68$4.47 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$5.75 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $50Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.24

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 41st of 51

$4.79

SD $22.39DC $3.89

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.