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Blood Test For Allergy-Related Antibodies

Georgia 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$10.23$8.91 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$17.78 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $62Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28
$10$20$50facility $23professional $10

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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$27.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$27.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$38.02
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
$6.03
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.47

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 51st of 51

$12.30

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.