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Specific Antibody Or Protein Blood Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86053

A laboratory blood test that detects a specific antibody or protein marker in the blood, commonly used to help evaluate an infection, autoimmune condition, or allergic reaction. It is one component of a broader diagnostic blood workup. Results are interpreted by a clinician alongside symptoms and other findings.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specific Antibody Or Protein Blood Test cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 4 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$10.23$7.94 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$15.49 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $11 to $56Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $44
$10$20$50facility $22professional $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
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.85

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Alabama· 38th of 51

$18.20

AK $85.11FL $8.71

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.