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Allergy Blood Test For A Specific Substance

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$5.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.63$2.34 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$9.12 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $24Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $15professional $4

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
$3.98
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$7.24
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.07
2 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
$1.95
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.05

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Colorado· 24th of 51

$5.89

AK $17.38MD $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.