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Blood Antibody Test, Immunoassay

Massachusetts 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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 9 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$12.02$8.91 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$19.05 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $12 to $51Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $24professional $12

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
$8.51
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.39
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$25.70
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$29.51

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$12.02

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.