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Specific Antibody Or Protein Blood Test

Georgia 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 October 2026.

How much does Specific Antibody Or Protein Blood Test cost?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.94$4.79 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$13.18 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $11 to $132Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $34
$5$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $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
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$26.30
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$79.43
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
$3.98
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$6.03

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Georgia· 48th of 51

$10.23

AK $85.11NJ $8.51

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.