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Blood Antibody Test, Immunoassay

Colorado rates for HCPCS 86052

This is a laboratory blood test that measures a specific antibody in the blood using an immunoassay method, a lab-based technique that detects tiny amounts of a target substance through a targeted chemical reaction. Results help a doctor confirm a diagnosis or monitor an immune-related or infectious condition.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Antibody Test, Immunoassay cost?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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$8.32$5.01 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$21.88 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $9 to $55Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $8

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
$9.12
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$17.38
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.22
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$46.77
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.91
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
$4.27
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.40

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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.

Colorado· 17th of 51

$12.59

AK $26.92WV $7.24

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.