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Allergy Blood Test For A Specific Substance

Virginia 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $7.59 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.63$2.95 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.59$5.25 to $13.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $26Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $8professional $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
$3.89
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.89
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$4,570.88
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
$3.16
Typical High
$5.50
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
$2.40
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.00

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$4.79

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.