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Specific Antibody Or Protein Blood Test

Pennsylvania 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.23$9.77 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$15.85 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $10 to $126Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $38
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $43professional $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
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.29
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$5,011.87
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$46.77
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$54.95
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$67.61
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$177.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$109.65
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.47
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.04
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$33.88
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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$13.80

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.