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Blood Antibody Test, Immunoassay

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Blood Antibody Test, Immunoassay cost?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$9.55 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$14.45 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $44Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $17professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$12.59

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Connecticut. 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$14.79

AK $23.99CT $7.94

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.