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Blood Test For Allergy-Related Antibodies

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86008

A blood sample is tested for antibodies related to allergic reactions, helping to identify substances a person may be allergic to. This offers an alternative to skin-prick allergy testing, using a laboratory blood sample instead.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Test For Allergy-Related Antibodies cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$8.91 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $15Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $20
$10$20$50facility $15professional $12

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
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.59
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
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.18
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
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. 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· 35th of 51

$15.14

AK $40.74GA $12.30

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.