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Antibody Test For A Specific Infection

Iowa 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$7.41 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$12.30 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $35Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $12

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
$19.05
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$31.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.22
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 20th of 51

$13.18

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.