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Allergy Blood Test For A Specific Substance

Iowa 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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 7 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$7.59$5.62 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$7.94 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $5 to $48Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $34
$5$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $8

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
$15.14
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$13.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$9.55

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.