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Antibody Test For A Specific Infection

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86753

This blood test looks for antibodies the immune system made in response to a specific infection. It helps determine whether a person has been exposed to that particular organism, either currently or in the past.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antibody Test For A Specific Infection cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$9.55$6.31 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $14 to $15Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$10$20$50facility $15professional $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
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.00
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
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 17th of 51

$14.13

VT $79.43MD $9.33

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.