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Blood Antibody Test, Immunoassay

South Carolina 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$9.55$9.33 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$10.96 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $9 to $58Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $30professional $10

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
$9.33
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.45

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$10.23

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.