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Blood Test For Allergy-Related Antibodies

Connecticut 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$11.75$9.12 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$19.50 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $17 to $47Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $24
$10$20$50facility $24professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.90
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$31.62
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
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 30th of 51

$16.60

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.