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Antibody Test For A Specific Infection

Connecticut 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.51$6.31 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$14.45 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $32Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$20$50facility $17professional $9

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.95
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.20
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$21.88
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
$4.79
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 33rd of 51

$11.48

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.