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Allergy Blood Screen Covering Many Allergens

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86005

A blood test that screens for allergy antibodies against a mixed panel of common allergens in a single measurement. It reports whether such antibodies are present rather than giving a separate level for each allergen.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Allergy Blood Screen Covering Many Allergens cost?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.62 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.62$4.07 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $6

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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.89
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
$3.55
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Alabama· 14th of 51

$9.12

KS $25.12NJ $5.62

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.