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Blood Test For Allergy-Related Antibodies

Colorado 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$7.59 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$31.62 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $14 to $81Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $52professional $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
$13.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.70
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$58.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
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
$6.61
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.63

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 22nd of 51

$18.62

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.