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Specific Antibody Or Protein Blood Test

North Carolina 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$9.55$6.03 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$9.55 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $10 to $170Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $30
$10$20$50$100$200facility $22professional $10

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
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$20.89
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 49th of 51

$9.55

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.