go back

Blood Antibody Test, Immunoassay

Georgia 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$7.24$4.79 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$12.02 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $42Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $7

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
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$25.12
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
$3.98
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.29

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 37th of 51

$9.55

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.