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Allergy Blood Test For A Specific Substance

South Carolina 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$4.17$4.07 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$9.77 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $4 to $63Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $4

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
$4.07
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$12.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.24

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 51

$9.77

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.