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Blood Antibody Test, Immunoassay

Virginia 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.32$5.89 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$12.02 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $58Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $13professional $8

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
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.02
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.14

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$9.55

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.