go back

Antibody Test For A Specific Infection

Louisiana 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$10.47$7.08 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$20.42 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $14 to $45Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $24professional $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
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$25.12

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$19.05

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.