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Specific Antibody Or Protein Blood Test

Kansas 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$7.24 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$15.14 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $14 to $26Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $7 to $40
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $18

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
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$25.12
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
$16.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.94

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 34th of 51

$17.78

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.