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Blood Antibody Test, Immunoassay

Tennessee 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 6 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$9.12$9.12 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$9.55 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $60Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $13professional $9

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
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.98
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 45th of 51

$9.55

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.