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Blood Test For Allergy-Related Antibodies

Michigan 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$16.98$13.49 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$16.98 to $22.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $32Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $23
$10$20$50facility $17professional $17

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
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$56.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.37
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
1 more rate 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
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$72.44

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 27th of 51

$16.98

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.