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Blood Test For Allergy-Related Antibodies

Nebraska 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$10.72$10.72 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$27.54 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $12 to $89Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $36
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $11

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
$11.75
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$64.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$35.48
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 32nd of 51

$15.85

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.