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Allergy Blood Test For A Specific Substance

Connecticut 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $9.55 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 6 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 $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.55$7.08 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $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
$5.25
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.94
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.59
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.12

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 44th of 51

$4.68

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.