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Blood Test For Allergy-Related Antibodies

Kentucky 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 6 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 $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$15.14 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $43Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $23
$10$20$50facility $18professional $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
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.39
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
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
$7.59
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.47

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$13.80

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.