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Specific Antibody Or Protein Blood Test

Minnesota 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $120 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$36.31$30.20 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$37.15 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $35 to $912Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $7 to $55
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $120professional $36

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
$35.48
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$275.42
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$38.02
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.12

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$38.02

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.