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Blood Antibody Test, Immunoassay

Minnesota 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 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 $22.39 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$9.55 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$11.22 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $11 to $550Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $22professional $12

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
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$87.10
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.18
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.88

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 23rd of 51

$12.02

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.